https://spacewatch.global/tag/andreas-knopp/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:07:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/andreas-knopp/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/spacewatchgl-opinion-stop-admiring-the-problem-europes-space-sovereignty-is-an-execution-failure/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=75574 A founder, a security strategist and a defence professor walked into Reflex Aerospace's new Berlin office. Between them they exposed Europe's real space problem - not technology, not vision, but execution. My notes from an evening that doubled as a warning.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/12/icarus-wildlife-tracking-system-to-resume-operations-after-launching-to-orbit/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=69423 Transporter-15 has launched a satellite equipped with the ICARUS receiver into space, resuming the ICARUS pioneering project to track wildlife from space after a three-year pause, and opening a new chapter in the study of animal observation. Once operational, ICARUS will establish a continuous link with miniature sensors on animals across the globe, enabling scientists to monitor the locations, behavior, health, and environmental conditions of species ranging from migratory birds and bats to sea turtles and large mammals. ]]>