https://spacewatch.global/tag/the-azores/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 20 Nov 2019 06:00:04 +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/the-azores/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/germanys-ohb-to-start-satellite-launch-services-within-two-years/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17116 Germany's largest private satellite manufacturing company OHB SE intends to start satellite launch services within two years, according to a 15 November 2019 report in Bloomberg Businessweek.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/07/european-space-agency-to-support-portuguese-space-launch-programme/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 05:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14864 Portugal is developing the infrastructure for a national spaceport on one of the islands of the Azores archipelago, Santa Maria, a European launch and landing location for small satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/portugal-establishes-national-space-agency-based-in-the-azores/ Fri, 03 May 2019 05:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13830 Portugal has become the latest country to establish a national space agency. The new entity, called Portugal Space, will be headquartered in the Azores island of Santa Maria, the site of a proposed spaceport and a European Space Agency (ESA) Estrack tracking and telemetry station.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/european-space-agency-backs-microlauncher-concepts-in-bid-to-boost-competitiveness/ Fri, 15 Mar 2019 06:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13074 A flourishing small satellites market is driving demand for new ways to access space. Recent industry feasibility studies backed by ESA for new microlauncher services, are creating new business opportunities.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/portugal-to-establish-azores-spaceport-create-oceanography-starlab-with-china/ Thu, 08 Nov 2018 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11184 Portugal is about to make a big splash in the space sector with parallel announcements covering a major cooperative programme with China, and a proposed space launch complex in the Azores islands in the mid-Atlantic ocean involving European, Russian, and U.S. company bids to build it.]]>