https://spacewatch.global/tag/okapiorbits/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:39:51 +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/okapiorbits/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/esa-contracts-okapiorbits-tu-braunschweig-and-dlr-for-space-air-traffic-integration/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72034 The European Space Agency has awarded a contract to OKAPI:Orbits to lead a project that will bridge the gap between space traffic coordination and air traffic management. This development marks an important step toward integrated operations in an era of growing launch and re-entry activity. The contract is in collaboration with the Institute of Space Systems from Technische Universität Braunschweig and the Institute of Flight Guidance from the German Aerospace Center.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/04/okapiorbits-raises-e13m-seed-funding-to-accelerate-global-growth/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=65043 OKAPI:Orbits has completed its latest financing round,securing €13M in total seed funding. Ventech, a pan-European early-stage VC led the round, with strong support from Matterwave Ventures, a European industrial deep tech investor, and existing investors, such as the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/09/defense-and-space-okapiorbits-ceo-kristina-nikolaus-on-expanded-services/ Fri, 20 Sep 2024 07:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61249 Kristina Nikolau, Co-Founder and CEO of OKAPI: Orbits shares the latest developments]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/08/chinese-rocket-body-generates-space-debris-objects-in-leo/ Tue, 13 Aug 2024 06:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56543 A Chinese rocket launch involving the Chinese rocket body, CZ-6A  from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, has reportedly resulted in a fragmentation that has subsequently created about 700 new debris objects in low earth orbit. The fragmentation followed the launch of CZ-6A on 6 August at ~06:42 UTC and the deployment of its 18 payloads. Several space outfits have independently reported the fragmentation, including LeoLabs, Slingshot Aerospace, and Okapi:Orbits. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/05/okapiorbits-and-aurora-partner-for-mission-optimization/ Tue, 28 May 2024 06:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55374 OKAPI:Orbits, a Space Traffic Management solutions company, and Aurora Propulsion Technologies, a developer of water-based resistojet thrusters and de-orbiting solutions for small sats and cube sats, have entered a strategic partnership to facilitate mission optimization. by leveraging their combined expertise and resources, they aim to maximize opportunities for innovation and growth in the industry]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/space-cafe-radio-on-tour-in-berlin-with-kristina-nikolaus/ Tue, 30 May 2023 09:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49119 In this  Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Kristina Nikolaus, CEO & Co-Founder at OKAPI:Orbits,  at the 14TH IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SMALL SATELLITES FOR EARTH SYSTEM OBSERVATION, organized by the German Aerospace Center, Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, TU Berlin and Berlin Partners in May 2023 in Berlin.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/rivada-space-networks-partners-with-okapiorbits-on-space-situational-awareness/ Wed, 17 May 2023 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48761 Rivada Space Networks (RSN) and OKAPI:Orbits have extended their partnership, which will secure the responsible use of space-based technologies. As a result, OKAPI:Orbits is providing satellite mission-analysis tools, including analysis and implementation of Collision Avoidance and De-orbiting strategies. The agreement brings together Rivada Space Networks’ interconnected high-speed, Low Earth Orbit satellite network and OKAPI:Orbits’ Space Traffic Management Software-as-a-Service solution.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/astrocast-optimizes-constellation-for-service-quality-and-reliability/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 07:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46777 Astrocast has announced the successful optimization of its satellite constellation with improved service quality and reliability. Following the launch of four satellites in November 2022, the company efficiently commissioned them and began computing and executing the necessary maneuvers to re-phase them with the correct angular separation to maximize service performance.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/12/okapiorbits-to-pilot-esa-commercial-collision-avoidance-services/ Thu, 22 Dec 2022 07:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45609 The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected OKAPI:Orbits to assess the provision of potential future external conjunction assessment support services to ESA. The selection is under a pilot scheme testing and complementing ESA's existing and established collision avoidance processes. ESA currently uses the collision avoidance processes for its SWARM mission.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/09/scout-collaborates-with-privateer-on-space-sustainability-framework/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43110 Spaceflight hardware, software, and data provider Scout Space, has joined forces with data and intelligence platform provider Privateer Space, to enhance space operations safety, Scout said. The collaboration will integrate Scout’s data collection capabilities and systems architecture with Privateer’s data solutions, like Wayfinder.]]>