https://spacewatch.global/tag/luxembourg/ 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/luxembourg/ 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/2024/12/space-cafe-radio-geopolitics-satellites-sovereignty-and-sustainability-insights-from-dr-gerard-schockmel/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62892 Join our host Torsten Kriening, Publisher at SpaceWatch.Global as he sit down with Dr. Gérald Schockmel, a member of the Luxembourg parliament, about the dynamics of the global space race, Europe's initiatives in space legislation, and the role of universities in advancing space technologies. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/02/nato-to-strengthen-partnership-with-space-industry-launches-apss/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 07:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53754 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has announced strengthening its partnership with the commercial space industry. NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană made the announcement during NATO’s first Space Reverse Industry Day yesterday, 20 February 2024, as he highlighted the importance of cooperation with the commercial space industry to ensure Alliance security. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/08/space-cafe-benelux-by-dr-heike-poignand-rudy-stranen-europes-quantum-communication-infrastructure-science-fiction-in-the-making/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 08:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50307 This Space Café BeNeLux by Dr. Heike Poignand featured Rudy Stranen, Advisor at the Department of Media, Connectivity and Digital Policy (“SMC”), a department of the Ministry of State in Luxembourg and asked: Europe’s Quantum Communication Infrastructure: Science Fiction in the making?]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/07/register-today-for-next-space-cafe-benelux-by-dr-heike-poignand-on-27-july-2023/ Sun, 23 Jul 2023 16:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50060 This Space Café BeNeLux will feature Rudy Stranen, Advisor at the Department of Media, Connectivity and Digital Policy (“SMC”), a department of the Ministry of State in Luxembourg, in conversation with Dr. Heike Poignand, Founder of C43B - Consulting for Business Building, and a friend of SpaceWatch.Global. Europe’s Quantum Communication Infrastructure: Science Fiction in the making? During our Space Café BeNeLux Rudy and Heike will talk about EuroQCI, the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure in general and its Space Segment in particular.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/04/oq-tech-receives-space-activity-licence-from-luxembourg/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48221 OQ Technology has received a space activity licence from the Government of Luxembourg after undergoing rigorous technical, legal, security, and administrative due diligence on the company, its operations and future plans. As a result, OQ Technology becomes one of the first space companies in Luxembourg to receive this authorization under Luxembourg’s new law on Space Activities]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/03/offworld-expands-into-luxembourg-for-space-mining/ Mon, 06 Mar 2023 07:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47024 OffWorld has expanded into Luxembourg, appointing a former ispace CEO, Kyle Acierno, to run its European HQ. With its headquarters in Pasadena, California, OffWorld was founded in 2016 to reinvent the mining, manufacturing, and construction industries by developing a new generation of AI-powered robots able to withstand extreme conditions. It is now adapting its technology for the mining of resources in space.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/luxembourg-selects-o3b-mpower-for-satcom-infrastructure/ Mon, 27 Feb 2023 07:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46876 The Government of Luxembourg has unveiled its intent to leverage SES’s high-performance, second-generation Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) system – O3b mPOWER, as a critical resilient satcom infrastructure for Luxembourg, its partners and NATO in the areas of defense and security, disaster recovery and more.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/05/spacewatchgl-opinion-review-of-space-resources-week-2022-part-2/ Fri, 27 May 2022 07:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41107 Part 1 of a review of Space Resources Week 2022 is already available in a previous edition as a descriptive review. The below Part 2 includes the author’s more personal views on several space resource utilizSpace ecoation topics in the context of SRW. Wasn’t the grandmother of all space resources...]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/06/farewell-to-yves-feltes-a-passionate-spacewatcher/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:30:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=33658&preview=true&preview_id=33658 The satellite industry has lost one of its best and most committed communication executives: Yves Feltes. Yves died this week in a hospital in Luxembourg. He headed and managed the communication of SES, one of the world’s largest satellite operators based in Luxembourg, for more than 20 years.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/thrustme-and-spacety-launch-radar-satellite-on-long-march-8/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29274&preview=true&preview_id=29274 ThrustMe and Spacety launch radar satellite on Long March 8]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/spacewatchgl-opinion-in-a-historic-first-eight-nations-formally-recognize-the-need-to-preserve-heritage-in-space/ Sun, 25 Oct 2020 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27422&preview=true&preview_id=27422 On October 13, 2020, the civilian space agencies of eight nations – Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States – announced that they had agreed to 12 Principles for Cooperation in the Civil Exploration and Use of the Moon, Mars, Comets, and Asteroids, known colloquially as the Artemis Accords.  ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/kleos-atlantis-galapagos-illegal-fishing/ Mon, 12 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27083&preview=true&preview_id=27083 Kleos to help fight illegal fishing at Galapagos Islands]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/made-in-space-europe-and-momentus-to-develop-robotic-spaceflight-mission-for-2022/ Mon, 07 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25824&preview=true&preview_id=25824 Made In Space Europe and Momentus to develop robotic spaceflight mission for 2022]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/ses-to-restructure-and-consolidate-part-of-european-operations-into-luxembourg-hq/ Wed, 03 Jun 2020 05:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23084 As part of its ongoing Simplify & Amplify transformation programme, SES announced on 29 May 2020 that it plans to restructure its operations worldwide, including the consolidation of part of its European regional operations into the company’s global headquarters in Betzdorf, Luxembourg.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/kleos-space-awarded-micro-satellite-military-utility-contract-for-isr-data/ Thu, 21 May 2020 05:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22747 Kleos Space, the Luxembourg-headquartered radio frequency (RF) satellite reconnaissance company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), has been awarded a contract by the Micro-Satellite Military Utility (MSMU) Project]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/lunapolitics-u-s-to-propose-artemis-accords-to-govern-moon-mining-operations/ Thu, 07 May 2020 05:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22256 Following the executive order on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources signed by President Donald J. Trump on 6 April 2020, it has been reported by Reuters on 5 May 2020 that the United States is drafting principles it proposes can govern mining and other resource extraction operations on the Moon it calls the ‘Artemis Accords’.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatchgl-perspective-on-us-space-resources-executive-order-christopher-johnson-on-how-the-u-s-seeks-to-be-a-pioneer-in-space-resources-norm-development/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21746 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatchgl-perspective-on-us-space-resources-executive-order-dimitra-stefoudi-on-how-the-u-s-seeks-cooperation-through-the-outer-space-treaty/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21750 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/another-pyrrhic-victory-the-white-houses-latest-executive-order-on-space-mining/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21872 On 6 April 2020, the White House issued an Executive Order on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources (EO),]]>