https://spacewatch.global/tag/spaceil/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 06 Aug 2024 21:52:18 +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/spaceil/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/beresheet-2-lunar-mission-loses-chief-donors/ Tue, 16 May 2023 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48752 SpaceIL has announced that several of the main donors to the Beresheet 2 mission have decided not to continue their investment in the project due to circumstances “that are unrelated to the organization and its partners," according to local sources. The donors had previously invested $45 million in the project that aims to land two modules on the moon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/space-cafe-radio-ila-special-with-dr-timo-stuffler/ Mon, 27 Feb 2023 14:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46897 In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Dr. Timo Stuffler,   Director of Business Development and Exploration at OHB SE, about their exploration heritage and ambitions in the space exploration sector. We spoke with Timo during the 2022 ILA Berlin, which is the largest aerospace trade show in Germany which took place this year June 22 - 26.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/spaceil-signs-agreement-with-german-aerospace-center/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 07:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46759 SpaceIL and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have signed a cooperation agreement for the Beresheet2 space mission. The second lunar mission by SpaceIL will comprise three spacecraft systems, which will be tentatively complete by mid-2025.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/09/ramon-space-and-lulav-space-partner-to-navigate-the-beresheet-2-lunar-missions/ Wed, 07 Sep 2022 06:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43156 Space-resilient computing infrastructure company Ramon.Space, and vision-based sensor suite provider Lulav Space, will partner to provide an advanced navigation solution for the Beresheet 2 lunar missions scheduled for 2025. The Beresheet 2 lunar missions are developed by Israeli space development organisation, SpaceIL.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/08/spacewatchgl-column-e2mc-update-on-space-financing-rounds-in-july-2021/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 08:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=34838 https://spacewatch.global/2021/07/israels-spaceil-raises-70-million-for-second-moon-mission/ Mon, 12 Jul 2021 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=34363&preview=true&preview_id=34363 https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/israel-to-return-to-moon-after-2019-beresheet-crash/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=28967&preview=true&preview_id=28967 https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/e2mc-update-on-space-financing-rounds-in-2020-so-far/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19144 By Raphael Roettgen - We are only one month into the new decade and, while we have not yet seen the SpaceX/BlueOrigin/OneWeb type mega financing rounds of 2019, this month has brought over U.S.$280 million in disclosed financing transactions in the space sector.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/spaceil-presented-with-xprize-moonshot-award/ Fri, 11 Oct 2019 05:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16358 Following its brave attempt at a soft landing on the Moon, SpaceIL, the Israeli non-profit organisation that attempted a lunar mission in April this year, was presented with the XPrize Moonshot Award. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/08/spacewatchgl-oped-no-tardigrades-here-by-laura-montgomery/ Sun, 25 Aug 2019 08:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15732 As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Laura Montgomery, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. This is "No Tardigrades Here", originally published 22 August 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/07/firefly-aerospace-and-israel-aerospace-industries-enter-exclusive-agreement-for-u-s-commercialization-of-lunar-lander-technology/ Thu, 11 Jul 2019 05:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15062 Firefly Aerospace has announced that it has signed an Intellectual Property and Engineering Support Agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for technology based on its Beresheet Lunar Lander. Firefly Aerospace is one of the nine companies selected by NASA to participate in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to deliver science payloads to the surface of the Moon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/spacewatchgl-oped-will-europe-lose-its-way-to-the-moon/ Sun, 21 Apr 2019 08:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13643 U.S. Vice President Mike Pence gave a remarkable “Kennedy” style speech on 26 March 2019 in Huntsville, Alabama, where he stated that the United States will put Americans on the Moon again - in as soon as five years. China demonstrated, with Chang'e 4, their capability to land on the far side of the Moon. Israeli NGO SpaceIL’s Beresheet spacecraft, though ultimately unsuccessful in its soft landing, did reach the Moon’s surface on 11 April 2019. This has all happened without Europe. SpaceWatch.Global Chairman, Dr. John B. Sheldon, shares his thoughts on Europe's ability to carry out Moonshots in the 21st century.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/israels-spaceil-commits-to-beresheet-shtayim-after-beresheet-1-0-moon-attempt/ Fri, 19 Apr 2019 05:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13630 "If at first you don’t succeed, you try again," said newly reelected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when the Beresheet (Hebrew for Genesis) lunar lander failed to make a soft landing on the Moon's surface on 11 April 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/spacewatchgl-interviews-kyle-acierno-vice-president-global-sales-strategy-ispace/ Sun, 14 Apr 2019 08:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13511 While SpaceIL's Beresheet lunar lander met with a tragic end on the Moon's surface, it has paved the way for a number of other private Moon missions that are currently in the works. Among these is Japan's ispace, and SpaceWatch.Global's Editor-in-Chief Helen Jameson spoke with Kyle Acierno about the company's plans. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/congratulations-beresheet-no-soft-landing-but-an-amazing-achievement/ Sat, 13 Apr 2019 05:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13503 The Beresheet Moon lander, developed by Israeli not-for-profit company SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries, has failed in its bid to achieve a soft landing on the lunar surface. The spacecraft is the first commercial mission to reach the Moon. Communication was lost with Beresheet at approximately 489 feet above the lunar surface and it made its hard landing at 3.25pm EDT.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/israeli-moon-lander-beresheet-successfully-enters-lunar-orbit/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 05:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13388 The Beresheet lunar lander built and operated by Israeli not-for-profit company SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), and launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 22 February 2019, has successfully arrived in Lunar orbit.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/indonesias-nusantara-satu-communications-satellite-successfully-launched-by-spacex/ Tue, 26 Feb 2019 06:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12867 Space Systems Loral (SSL), a Maxar Technologies company, and a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, has announced that the Nusantara Satu communications satellite, built for Indonesian satellite operator PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), is successfully performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/israels-spaceil-team-successfully-launches-lunar-ambitions-with-beresheet/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 06:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12849 Space IL has successfully launched the first private spacecraft to the Moon. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday, 21 February 2019, carrying the Beresheet spacecraft. Beresheet, meaning beginning or genesis in Hebrew, will land on the lunar surface in approximately sixty days and will make Israel the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the Moon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/israels-spaceil-and-iai-complete-beresheet-lunar-lander-launch-expected-february-2019/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 06:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12031 Israeli not-for-profit SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) completed the construction of the SpaceIL lunar lander and, in a ceremony at IAI facilities prior to being shipped to Cape Canaveral, placed a time capsule on board the spacecraft that will stay on the Moon indefinitely.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/israels-spaceil-receives-2-million-from-isa-spacex-launch-deferred-to-january-2019/ Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10860 Israel’s Space Agency (ISA) and the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology announced on 10 October 2018 that they will support the Lunar projects of the SpaceIL organization with up to U.S.$2 million in funding.]]>