https://spacewatch.global/tag/silicon-valley/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 18 Nov 2019 06:00:50 +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/silicon-valley/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/new-zealands-space-economy-worth-nz1-69-billion-according-to-deloitte-report/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 06:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17035 A new report has found New Zealand’s space sector contributed $1.69 billion to the economy in the last financial year and employs 12,000 people, Minister for Economic Development Phil Twyford announced on 14 November 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/spacewatchgl-column-private-investment-into-chinese-space-balancing-control-with-innovation/ Sun, 24 Feb 2019 09:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12842 By Blaine Curcio and Tianyi Lan .Many would correctly say that much of the innovation in the Western space industry over the past decade has occurred because of the private sector. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/spacewatchgl-interview-masashi-sato-of-nri-on-the-state-and-future-of-japanese-new-space/ Sun, 04 Nov 2018 09:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11116 Japan's New Space scene is little known and understood outside of Tokyo, despite the emergence of some interesting startups such as iSpace and Infostellar to name just two as well as some big Japanese government announcements about supporting startups in the space sector. SpaceWatch.Global reached out to Masashi Sato, a Senior Consultant at the Nomura Research Institute Ltd. (NRI) in Tokyo and a leading expert on the Japanese space startup scene, to find out what the current state of play is and what the future holds.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/spacewatchgl-interviews-mark-watt-of-firefly/ Sun, 09 Sep 2018 08:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10308 Firefly is well and truly ignited again. A new formation of the company with solid investors behind it is now paving the way for what has the potential to be a very successful business. International asset management firm, Noosphere Ventures, as lead investor, is set to take Firefly to the next level and beyond with an evolutionary strategy and approach that sees the development two launch vehicles to satisfy the full breadth of the dedicated small satellite launch market and for broader in-space applications as well.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/audacy-set-provide-constant-communications-leo-operators-satellites-fcc-licence/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 05:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8951 The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted U.S.-Singaporean New Space company Audacy a licence for the first commercial inter-satellite relay network, and the implications of this are transformational for space communications as LEO operators, for the first time, can be in constant contact with their satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/spacewatchgl-interviews-peter-beck-rocket-lab/ Sun, 10 Jun 2018 07:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8938 On 23rd June 2018, Rocket Lab’s launch window for the ‘It’s Business Time’ mission will open. During this 14-day window, the company will launch its groundbreaking Electron rocket and will transform access to space for the small satellite market. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/lockheed-martin-considering-satellite-assembly-saudi-arabia/ Mon, 09 Apr 2018 05:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8239 Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, visited Lockheed Martin's satellite manufacturing facilities in California's Silicon Valley on 5 April 2018, where the prospect of a Saudi Arabian-Lockheed Martin joint venture to assemble satellites in the desert kingdom was discussed.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/09/planets-skysat-high-resolution-earth-observation-smallsats-built-ssl-ready-launch/ Fri, 08 Sep 2017 06:00:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5599 This content is for members only. 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