In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Lynn Zoenen, Principal at Alpine Space Ventures at the 19th ESA Investment Forum 2022 in Berlin on Space Investments in Europe. The ESA Investor Forum is a high-profile event for space-related investment opportunities and connects start-ups and scale-ups from the ESA network with European investors.
Read More »GHGSat joins ESA’s Third Party Mission Programme
High-resolution greenhouse gas monitoring company GHGSat, has joined ESA’s prestigious Third Party Mission Programme, ESA said. The company will share data from its fleet of commercial satellites with Earth science and climate change researchers free of charge.
Read More »ESA approves polar ice and snow monitoring CRISTAL spacecraft’s system requirements
ESA has confirmed after a thorough review process that the preliminary design of the Airbus-built Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimetry mission CRISTAL, meets all system requirements, Airbus said. CRISTAL will measure sea ice thickness and ice sheet elevations with the help of a multi-frequency altimeter.
Read More »ICEYE starts pilot with ESA to support Copernicus Emergency Services
Satellite-driven monitoring and natural catastrophe solutions company ICEYE, announced they are starting a pilot activity with the European Space Agency (ESA) to support the Copernicus Emergency Management Services (CEMS) team with flood insights. Under the programme, ICEYE will deliver critical flood impact information for CEMS to evaluate the data and explore potential applications.
Read More »ESPI appoints new director as of 1st September 2022
The General Assembly of the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) appointed Hermann Ludwig Moeller as the Director of the Institute, effective 1st September 2022, ESPI said. Mr. Moeller is succeeding Jean-Jacques Tortora, who became ESPI’s Director in June 2016.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Review of Space Resources Week 2022 – Part 1
This is Part 1 of a review of Space Resources Week 2022, the descriptive part. Part 2 may appear in a subsequent edition with the author’s more personal views on several space resource utilization topics in the context of SRW. We recently attended online the 2022 hybrid 4th edition of Space Resources Week, held in Luxembourg from May 3 to 5.
Read More »Airbus to further develop LISA gravitational wave observatory mission
Airbus announced it has been awarded a contract from ESA to further develop the implementation of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). The mission design and final technology development are due to be completed by 2024, with a planned launch in the late 2030s.
Read More »Space Café Recap: Young Global Talents featuring Dr. Rolf Densing on space debris – past present and future!
This Space Café Young Global Talents will feature Rolf Densing, ESA Director of Operations and Head of the European Operations Centre in Darmstadt, in conversation with Chiara Moenter, event coordinator and moderator at SpaceWatch.Global and Frederik Wissner, representative of ELSA Frankfurt am Main, Germany. ELSA is the renowned European Law Students Association.
Read More »ESA and Switzerland establish space deep-tech innovation centre
State Secretary Martina Hirayama and Joseph Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation between Switzerland and ESA establishing a joint Centre of Excellence at the Paul-Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland, ESA said.
Read More »GLEC 2022: New Space is key for emerging space countries
The IAF Global Conference on Space for Emerging Countries (GLEC) 2022 kicked off yesterday focusing on emerging space countries. IAF General Counsel and Full Professor of International Law at the Sapienza University of Rome, Sergio Marchisio, started with a space policy and law masterclass.
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