https://spacewatch.global/tag/rendezvous-and-proximity-operations/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:12:57 +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/rendezvous-and-proximity-operations/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/10/spacewatchgl-gray-space-cosmos-2612-vs-iceye-x36-washington-spoke-where-was-nato/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=79393
Written by Christophe Bosquillon.
A Russian satellite manoeuvred into extreme proximity with ICEYE-X36, prompting warnings from commercial space trackers and, eventually, Washington. Christophe Bosquillon asks why the encounter has yet to produce a comparable collective response from NATO.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/10/mission-k-2026-natascha-mcveigh-of-on-autonomous-rendezvous-and-satellites-that-defend-themselves/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=78529 From Mission-K in Kalkar, Natascha McVeigh, Senior Mission Manager at Shield Space, joins Torsten Kriening to explain the company's autonomous rendezvous mission - a European first at 100 metres - and the ambition to give spacecraft the ability to defend themselves and continue their mission.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/08/link-spacecraft-will-not-attempt-to-raise-the-swift-observatory/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=76764 NASA and Katalyst Space have confirmed the LINK spacecraft will not attempt to reboost the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, after attitude-control problems ruled out a docking. LINK will still perform rendezvous and proximity operations as a technology demonstrator - while Swift, without onboard propulsion, is likely to drop below 300km by October 2026.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/01/spacewatchgl-share-moscow-develops-military-space-tech-should-we-take-note-analysis/ Fri, 07 Jan 2022 09:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38397 Russia recently conducted a successful test of the Nudol system, shooting down one of its own satellites. However, Nudol is just one of many tools that may help Russia gain dominance in space and constrain other nations acting in space. Donatas Palavenis, of the Baltic Institute of Advanced Technology, gives a review.]]>