https://spacewatch.global/tag/german-space-command/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:02:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/german-space-command/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/space-cafe-radio-with-major-general-michael-traut-2/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74655 Live from the 41st Space Symposium, Major General Michael Traut, Commander of the German Space Command, joins Torsten Kriening for a candid talk on execution: Germany's €35 billion space push, the SATCOM Stage 4 mega-constellation, the monopoly-versus-innovation debate, and why time - not money - is now the scarcest resource.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/spacewatchgl-opinion-what-the-allied-space-commanders-did-not-say-in-colorado-springs/ Mon, 04 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73509 The "Burden Sharing & Shifting in Space" panel at Colorado Springs gathered five military space leaders from France, Germany, Norway, the UK and the US for a candid, professional conversation – about everything except the topic dominating every other room of the Broadmoor. No one said "Moon". No one said "Article II". No one mentioned EO 14369. SpaceWatch.Global Publisher Torsten Kriening on what the allied commanders said, what they did not, and why the framing was the political act.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/spacewatchgl-analysis-berlin-names-the-threat-buys-the-tank-forgets-the-satellite/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73362
Written by Torsten Kriening
Germany's first standalone Military Strategy was presented in Berlin on 22 April 2026. It commits the Bundeswehr to becoming the strongest conventional army in Europe by 2039 - and barely mentions space. Read against what serving German generals said on the record at Colorado Springs, the silences in the document tell their own story.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/spacewatchgl-insights-day-one-at-handelsblatt-security-defence-when-space-moved-from-context-to-core/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70607 Day one of the Handelsblatt Security & Defence Conference in Berlin delivered an unusually coherent message across panels, keynotes, and formats: space is no longer an enabling backdrop of security policy – it is now a central arena of deterrence, sovereignty, and economic power.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/10/space-cafe-radio-with-major-general-michael-traut/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68662 In this recent episode of Space Café Radio - recorded in October 2025, we explore Germany's ambitious space defense plans announced by Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, featuring major investments worth 35 billion Euros by 2030. Host Torsten Kriening reflects on Germany's evolving role in space security and interviews Major General Michael Traut, Commander of the German Space Command. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/08/space-nuggets-31-2025/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66701 Welcome to this week’s Space Nugget — today, we spotlight Germany’s military space awakening and ask a bold question: Can the Bundeswehr defend itself in orbit?]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/08/spacewatchgl-opinion-space-is-a-battlefield-is-germany-ready/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66595
Written by Torsten Kriening
In the increasingly contested domain of space, Germany stands at a strategic crossroads. While space capabilities have long underpinned the Bundeswehr’s reconnaissance and communication functions, today’s geopolitical reality demands much more than passive observation. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/07/space-cafe-radio-with-michael-traut/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66200 In this episode from Prague, host Torsten Kriening sits down with Major General Michael Traut, Commander of the German Space Command, to discuss the rapid evolution of Germany's military space operations over the past three years. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/06/space-cafe-radio-with-major-general-wolfgang-ohl/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=65731 In this episode of Space Cafe Radio, host Torsten Kriening interviews Major General Wolfgang Ohl, the Deputy Director General for Military Strategy and Operations, about Germany's evolving space defense strategy. ]]>