https://spacewatch.global/tag/space-news/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 02 Apr 2021 06:00:06 +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/space-news/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2021/04/south-korean-hanwha-to-launch-2000-satellite-leo-constellation/ Fri, 02 Apr 2021 06:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=31618 The South Korean Hanwha Systems wants to launch a massive LEO constellation of 2,000 satellites by 2030, Space News reported.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/germanys-exolaunch-signs-rideshare-satellite-launch-agreement-with-spacex/ Wed, 15 Apr 2020 05:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21572 Berlin-based Exolaunch, a leading launch services and deployment system provider for small satellites, revealed on 14 April 2020 that it has signed a rideshare launch services agreement with SpaceX.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/venezuelas-venesat-1-tumbling-and-out-of-service/ Thu, 26 Mar 2020 06:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20961 Venezuela's only geostationary communications satellite, VENESAT-1 (also known as Simon Bolivar-1), has been tumbling in an unusable orbit since 13 March 2020 after it made a number of manoeuvres, presumably at the direction of its Venezuelan operator, according to Space News who spoke with commercial space situational awareness (SSA) providers ExoAnalytic Solutions and AGI.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/arianespace-to-launch-uaes-falcon-eye-2-on-soyuz-in-march-2020/ Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18633 Arianespace has announced that it intends to launch the UAE’s second reconnaissance satellite, Falcon Eye 2, on board a Soyuz satellite launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Centre in early March 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/argentinas-satellogic-raises-50-million-in-investment-round/ Mon, 23 Dec 2019 06:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18044 Argentinian commercial Earth observation company Satellogic announced on 19 December 2019 that it has raised U.S.$50 million in at least its second investment round.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/egypts-tiba-1-military-communications-satellite-headed-for-guiana-space-centre-launch/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 05:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16507 TIBA-1, the communications satellite for the Government of Egypt developed by Airbus and Thales Alenia Space (TAS) left the Airbus Defence and Space clean rooms in Toulouse]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/european-new-space-scotlands-clyde-space-bags-polish-intuition-1-hyperspectral-cubesat-contract/ Fri, 26 Apr 2019 05:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13741 Clyde Space, the Scottish subsidiary of Swedish company ÅAC Microtec AB, has been tapped by Polish New Space company KP Labs to build the 6U CubeSat platform and arrange the launch of Intuition-1, the world's first hyperspectral imaging CubeSat, according to a 23 April 2019 report in U.S. trade publication Space News.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/italian-new-space-leaf-space-to-raise-more-capital-for-its-small-satellite-ground-station-solution/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 05:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13664 Italian New Space company Leaf Space, a specialist in ground station solutions for small satellite constellations operated by companies such as Switzerland's Astrocast and Australia's Fleet, is looking to triple the number of ground station locations it operates from four (in Europe) to twelve around the globe, and is about to undertake a capital raising campaign to do so.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/chinese-new-space-onespace-and-ispace-prepare-for-orbital-launches-in-early-2019/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12595 The end of 2014 saw an important development for the Chinese launch sector when the government allowed private capital investment into the Chinese launch and small satellite sectors. Since then, there has been rapid development in small satellite launch vehicles with around 10 new companies emerging as a result. A]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/asx-listed-sky-and-space-global-misses-payments-to-gomspace-for-pearls-cubesats/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 06:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12257 Danish CubeSat manufacturer has apparently slow-rolled manufacturing of 200 Pearl CubeSats for the Australian Stock Exchange-listed New Space company Sky and Space Global after two payments thought to be worth U.S.$2.3 million have been missed, according to a report in Space News.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/japanese-new-space-axelspace-completes-series-b-funding-round-to-launch-two-grus-satellites-in-2020/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 06:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11870 Japanese New Space Earth observation company Axelspace Corporation has completed a Series B funding round raising approximately 2.58B JPY (U.S.$22.8 million).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/israels-iai-ordered-to-pay-spacecom-10-million-for-amos-6-loss/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11168 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been ordered to pay Spacecom U.S.$10 million for the late delivery of the AMOS-6 communications satellite that ended up being destroyed in a launchpad explosion of the SpaceX Falcon 9 it was sitting upon in 2016.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/uaes-yahsat-looking-to-acquire-two-replacement-satellites-for-thuraya/ Fri, 02 Nov 2018 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11100 Yahsat, the leading commercial satellite communications company in the United Arab Emirates, has revealed that it is examining options for procuring two replacement GEO communications satellites for its recently acquired Thuraya mobile satellite communications subsidiary]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/chinas-new-space-race-landspaces-zhuque-1-launch-fails-in-first-orbit-bid/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11037 Chinese New Space launch company LandSpace suffered a failure of the third stage of its Zhuque-1 satellite launch vehicle Saturday, 27 October 2018, as it attempted to become the first Chinese private launch company to reach orbit, according to Andrew Jones in Space News.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/israels-spacecom-cancels-amos-8-satellite-order-with-space-systems-loral/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 05:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10570 After the Israeli government’s decision to subsidize Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to build the AMOS-8 communications satellite, Spacecom has informed U.S. satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral (SSL) that it is cancelling its March 2018 contract for them to build the satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/thailands-air-force-taps-dutch-nanosatellite-maker-isis-for-eo-cubesat/ Mon, 10 Sep 2018 05:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10327 The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has signed a contract with Dutch New Space satellite manufacturer and integrator Innovative Solutions in Space B.V. (ISIS) on 7 September 2018 for an Earth observation CubeSat, and ground segment, that will be launched on board an Arianespace Vega satellite launch vehicle in the third quarter of 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/japans-interstellar-technologies-developing-engine-for-zero-launch-vehicle/ Wed, 15 Aug 2018 05:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9923 Japanese New Space satellite launch company Interstellar Technologies Inc. is developing the main engine for its Zero launch vehicle and expects to complete that development this year, with the aim of conducting the first engine test in early 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/qatars-eshailsat-purchases-satellite-it-shared-with-eutelsat/ Mon, 13 Aug 2018 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9888 Qatar’s Es’hailSat satellite communications company has purchased outright the satellite it has been sharing with Eutelsat - EUTELSAT-25B/Es'hail-1 - taking full control of the satellite now just named Es'hail-1. The purchase comes as the Qatari company awaits the launch later this year of Es'hail-2, built by Japanese satellite manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric Company (MELCO).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/planet-and-airbus-collaborate-on-new-satellite-imagery-products/ Wed, 27 Jun 2018 05:07:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9173 Taking the best of both company offerings, Planet and Airbus have signed an agreement to jointly develop a new range of satellite imagery products.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/angola-hopes-two-times-trick-russia-angosat-2/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 04:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9005 After the failure of Angosat-1 shortly after its launch late last year, Angola is again partnering with Russia to build and launch Angosat-2 by 2020. Angola’s first communications satellite, Angosat-1, failed shortly after reaching orbit. It was launched in December 2017 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on board a Zenit 3F rocket. Russia’s RSC Energia, a subsidiary of the state-run space industry player Roscosmos, built the satellite.]]>