https://spacewatch.global/tag/moonlight/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:30:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/moonlight/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/10/iac-2024-esas-dr-aschbacher-teases-moonlight-zero-debris-ariane-6/ Sun, 13 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61662 🚀The International Astronautical Congress is here!🚀 Dr. Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General, discussed the upcoming 75th IAC in Milan, highlighting ESA’s recent successes, including the launch of the Hera mission to asteroids Didymos and Hermes, which aims to protect Earth from asteroid impacts. He emphasized ESA’s transformation into a more agile and dynamic organization, achieving […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/07/our-space-cafe-33-minutes-with-josef-aschbacher-european-space-ambitions-esa-agenda-2025-updates-and-goals/ Fri, 14 Jul 2023 08:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49930 Our Space Café “33 minutes with Josef Aschbacher  – European Space Ambitions – ESA Agenda 2025, updates and goals” took place on the 7th July 2023. Josef Aschbacher earned both his Master’s degree and PhD in natural sciences from the University of Innsbruck. His impressive international career in the space sector spans over 35 years and encompasses work at the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Commission, the Austrian Space Agency, the Asian Institute of Technology, and the University of Innsbruck. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/italian-space-agency-reveals-2023-strategy/ Fri, 13 Jan 2023 07:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45950 The President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Mr. Giorgio Saccoccia, announced today the guidelines and objectives of the national space agency for 2023. ASI, recently back from a very successful CM22, explained that for 2023 it intends to carry on its long-standing collaboration with ESA and NASA, open new strategic international goals, and keep pushing its national interests.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/space-cafe-radio-on-tour-in-berlin-with-elodie-viau/ Thu, 09 Jun 2022 06:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41417 In this Space Café Radio -  SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Elodie Viau, Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications at the European Space Agency ESA at the 19th ESA Investment Forum 2022 in Berlin on Space Investments in Europe.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/esa-and-industry-study-constellation-to-connect-the-moon/ Fri, 21 May 2021 06:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32912&preview=true&preview_id=32912 Europe launches Moonlight, a bold proposal to put in place a commercially viable satellite constellation around the Moon. The European Space Agency (ESA) signed contracts with two consortia to develop a Moon constellation and provide telecommunications and navigation services for all kind of Moon missions.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/europe-pushes-moonlight-a-lunar-satellite-constellation/ Wed, 19 May 2021 06:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32871&preview=true&preview_id=32871 “The first ever lunar communications & navigation service”: Europe pushes ahead with its plan to place communication and navigation satellites around the Moon. Under its Moonlight initiative, the European Space Agency (ESA) supports two consortia of European companies which embark on the design of telecommunications and navigation services for Moon missions.]]>