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Spanish astronaut and aeronautics engineer, Pedro Duque, will attend the 8th edition of the international Martian robot competition, the European Rover Challenge (ERC) co-organized by the European Space Foundation, Kielce University of Technology and Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship. ERC 2022 finals will be held at Kielce University of Technology in Poland, between 9–11 September.

Estonian space technology startup Spaceit, has signed an agreement with Rhea System to participate in the development of the new Cyber-Security Operations Centre (C-SOC) for the European Space Agency (ESA), Space announced. The center will be a key infrastructure for the economy and security of Europe.

In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Lukasz Wilczynski, the founder and organizer of the European Rover Challenge and CEO of PR & Communications Agency for Poland/CEE of Planet Partners.

The European Space Agency’s Business Incubation Centers (ESA BICs) in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia launched a new startup acceleration program, Nordic Launch, to accelerate the maturation of startups, ESA said. The pre-incubation program will bring together startups and industry expertise such as specialized technical and commercial mentors.

Wireless laser communication systems developer, Astrolight, successfully performed a satellite-to-ground laser communication test using a portable OGS-1 optical ground station, the company said. Working with the European Space Agency (ESA), Astrolight established the laser communication link near ESA’s Izaña-1 (IZN-1) ground station, located at Teide Observatory.

The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) announced the election of Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund as its new President for the next four years. Professor Ehrenfreund has a background in astrophysics and biology and has served as Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator, Project Scientist, and Team Leader at ESA and NASA.

ESA and the European Commission announced the end of the mission for the Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite, which experienced an anomaly related to the instrument electronics power supply provided by the satellite platform, leaving it unable to deliver radar data since December last year.

Dr David Parker, ESA’s Director for Human and Robotic Exploration, has named the “specially trained woolly astronaut”, Shaun the Sheep, Aardman’s family favourite TV series, as the first astronaut on the Artemis I mission to the Moon. “This is an exciting time for Shaun and for us at ESA.

This Space Café WebTalk will feature Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Special Advisor for Political Affairs in the European Space Agency (ESA), in conversation with Torsten Kriening, publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. Europe's Space Ambitions – what’s up during autumn?

SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #060 - Paul Taylor, Space Analyst: Is Europe losing the space race? Episode 060 features a special guest: Paul Taylor. Europe is great when it comes to space exploration. ESA can look back on spectacular missions. But is that enough? Space analyst Paul Taylor paints a bleak picture of Europe's future in space. His current report for download: Running out of Space