https://spacewatch.global/tag/airbus-defence-space/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:29:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/airbus-defence-space/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/10/alexander-dahm-named-rocket-factory-augsburgs-new-ceo-as-rfa-one-moves-toward-first-flight/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=78568 Rocket Factory Augsburg has appointed Alexander Dahm as CEO as RFA ONE moves toward its maiden flight, with Dr. Kalnins remaining with the company.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/spacewatchgl-analysis-we-have-failed-the-end-of-polite-silence/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72168
Written by Gilles Rabin
Yesterday, all the key decision-makers in France's space sector gathered at the Salons Hoche in Paris for the annual Perspectives Spatiales conference. What they got was a moment of rare candour that cut through an otherwise familiar programme of panels and talking points.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/amsterdam-space-symposium-sets-urgent-action-agenda-on-security-defense-and-climate/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71005 The Amsterdam Space Symposium is taking place on 3-4 March, 2026 at the Beurs van Berlage, convening 750 delegates and 50+ speakers from government, defense, industry and the climate and security policy community to discuss themes involving Space for Security & Defense and Space for Climate. The symposium will follow an Inspire • Explore • Act format, connecting strategic debate with practical collaboration across the global space ecosystem and adjacent sectors. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/12/german-industry-kicks-off-new-space-initiative/ Thu, 02 Dec 2021 07:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37639 The Federation of German Industries (BDI) partners with five associations and 26 companies to establish a new space initiative and strengthen “networking between space, start-ups and industry”, the federation said. "With this new initiative, the BDI wants to send a strong signal of a joint departure in space for Germany and Europe," said BDI CEO Joachim Lang. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/11/digitalglobes-worldview-4-commercial-earth-observation-satellite-successfully-launched/ Mon, 14 Nov 2016 09:00:25 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1434 WorldView-4, DigitalGlobe’s latest high-resolution Earth observation satellite, was finally, and successfully, launched out of Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V launch vehicle. The launch took place on 11 November 2016, just under two months after its scheduled launch. The lengthy delay was caused by a wildfire that threatened Vandenberg […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/11/united-states-holds-space-security-dialogue-uae-dialogue-israel-next-week/ Fri, 04 Nov 2016 02:00:03 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1939 A U.S. delegation led by Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance, the Honourable Frank A Rose, met with their counterparts from the United Arab Emirates, led by H.E. Khalifa Mohamed Al Romaithi, Chairman of the UAE Space Agency, for the second UAE-U.S. Space Security Dialogue held in Abu Dhabi on 3 […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/10/eutelsat-seeks-build-communications-satellite-iran/ Mon, 24 Oct 2016 07:00:51 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1840 The French ambassador to Iran, François Sénémaud, revealed that Paris-based commercial satellite communications company Eutelsat is seeking to provide a communications satellite to Iran. The ambassador’s remarks were made during a meeting with Iranian minister for Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi in Tehran on Saturday, 22 October 2016. “The Eutelsat company seeks to cooperate […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/10/turkey-offers-build-satellites-azerbaijan-share-satellite-data/ Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:51:18 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1686 Turkey is to build new satellites for its near neighbour Azerbaijan once its current satellites in orbit reach the end of their operational lifetimes. Azerbaijan currently operates its Azersky and Azerspace-1 satellites in both low-earth and geostationary orbits (160-2,000 kilometres altitude and 36,000 kilometres altitude respectively). Azersky is an earth observation satellite with two metres […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/10/four-countries-interested-building-irans-national-communication-satellite/ Wed, 05 Oct 2016 07:00:03 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1639 According to Iran’s Communications and Information Technology Minister Mahmoud Vaezi, satellite manufacturers from four countries have expressed interest in building Iran’s National Communication Satellite (NCS). The announcement by Minister Vaezi came after he revealed that a contract had been signed with an unnamed Russian satellite manufacturer for Tehran’s National Remote Sensing Satellite (NRSS). While Minister […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/08/egypt-road-establish-national-space-agency-amidst-controversy/ Mon, 08 Aug 2016 05:21:51 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1170 The Egyptian government, under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has agreed upon draft legislation that will eventually create a national space agency for the belaboured country. The announcement was made on 3 August 2016, and aims to harness space technologies for the purposes of economic development and for national security. According to Egyptian […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/08/iran-azerbaijan-cement-space-cooperation-agreement/ Fri, 05 Aug 2016 06:23:32 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1151 Iranian and Azerbaijani officials signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for space cooperation between the two countries, days before Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visits the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, on 8 August 2016. Iranian Minister for Communication and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi and Azerbaijani Minister Communications and High Technologies Ramin Namigoglu Guluzade led their respective delegations […]]]>