https://spacewatch.global/tag/lithuania/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 29 Dec 2025 09:46:46 +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/lithuania/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/12/belgium-bulgaria-lithuania-and-luxembourg-are-set-to-join-eu-sst-partnership/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70053 With the adoption of the European Commission's Implementing Decision on 17 December 2025, Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Luxembourg's applications to join the EU SST Partnership have been approved. Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Luxembourg declared their interest in joining the EU SST Partnership in late 2024.. The four Member States submitted their applications over the summer which the Commission deemed eligible in September.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/05/esa-and-twelve-countries-sign-the-zero-debris-charter/ Fri, 24 May 2024 06:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55332 Twelve nations have signed the Zero Debris Charter at the ESA/EU Space Council, solidifying their commitment to the long-term sustainability of human activities in Earth orbit. In addition to the 12 countries, the European Space Agency also signed the Zero Debris Charter as an International Organization (IGO). The Zero Debris Charter is an effort to become debris-neutral in space by 2030 that was unveiled at the ESA Space Summit in Seville meeting in November 2023.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/05/lithuania-becomes-latest-signatory-to-the-artemis-accords/ Fri, 17 May 2024 06:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55228 Lithuania has become the latest and 40th signatory to the US-led Artemis Accords, joining NASA and the international coalition in pursuit of safer space exploration. The ceremony took place at the Radisson Blu Lietuva hotel in Vilnius, Lithuania, and signifies a continued push toward transparency and peace as more nations traverse farther into space. United States]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/kongsberg-nanoavionics-doubles-its-satellite-production-capacity/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 07:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46522 Small satellite mission integrator and bus manufacturer Kongsberg NanoAvionics has doubled its satellite production capability by officially opening its manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing (MAIT) facility in Vilnius, Lithuania.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/08/lithuania-launches-startupcation-program-focusing-on-non-eu-startups/ Mon, 22 Aug 2022 06:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42851 Lithuania has launched Startupcation, a one-week visit program inviting non-EU startups to be part of the booming startup ecosystem of the country’s capital and startup hub, Vilnius, national startup ecosystem facilitator Startup Lithuania said.  Through the program, startups benefit from access to the country’s relevant business networks and hubs.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/kongsberg-to-acquire-smallsat-manufacturer-nanoavionics/ Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41963 Norwegian technology corporation Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (Kongsberg), has entered into an agreement to acquire Lithuanian smallsat bus manufacturer and mission integrator, NanoAvionics, Kongsberg said. The planned acquisition will add products and technology for manufacturing small satellites to the company’s portfolio.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/lithuania-becomes-esa-associate-member/ Mon, 03 May 2021 06:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32414&preview=true&preview_id=32414 Luxembourg, 3 May 2021. – Lithuania becomes an Associate Member of the European Space Agency (ESA), the agency announced. The Association Agreement between ESA and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania builds on “the successful results achieved under the previous frameworks of cooperation and will enter into force for a duration of seven years”, ESA said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/eu-project-galactic-develops-supply-chain-for-alexandrite-laser-crystals/ Mon, 06 Apr 2020 05:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21251 In the EU project “High Performance AlexandriteCrystals and Coatings for High Power Space Applications” (GALACTIC), Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH) aims to develop a solely European supply chain for space-qualified high-performance laser crystals made of Alexandrite with the partners Optomaterials S.r.l. (Italy) and Altechna Coatings UAB (Lithuania). These laser crystals are to be used in earth observation satellites in space.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/space-video-company-sen-awards-multimillion-euro-contract-to-nanoavionics/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 06:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20390 Sen, a British space company establishing video streaming media to provide real-time and timely Ultra-High Definition (UHD) video of Earth, has contracted NanoAvionics to build the first five nano-satellites of its constellation.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/italian-new-space-leaf-space-to-raise-more-capital-for-its-small-satellite-ground-station-solution/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 05:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13664 Italian New Space company Leaf Space, a specialist in ground station solutions for small satellite constellations operated by companies such as Switzerland's Astrocast and Australia's Fleet, is looking to triple the number of ground station locations it operates from four (in Europe) to twelve around the globe, and is about to undertake a capital raising campaign to do so.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/indias-isro-successfully-lofts-pslv-c45-with-emisat-and-28-rideshare-satellites/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 05:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13321 India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C45) successfully launched EMISAT and 28 international customer satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR in Sriharikota. This flight marked the first mission of PSLV-QL, a new variant of PSLV with four strap-on motors.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/kyrgyzstan-media-group-start-cubesat-programme-promote-womens-rights/ Thu, 15 Mar 2018 06:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7803 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/01/israel-esa-discussions-cooperative-agreement/ Wed, 31 Jan 2018 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7323 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/09/nasas-international-internship-programme-offers-opportunities-israeli-jordanian-emirati-stem-students/ Mon, 18 Sep 2017 07:30:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5712 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]>