https://spacewatch.global/tag/world-space-business-week/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:40:38 +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/world-space-business-week/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-fredrik-gustavsson-of-swissto12-on-profitable-growth-and-3d-printed-payloads/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=78015 From World Space Business Week in Paris, SWISSto12's Fredrik Gustavsson joins Torsten Kriening to discuss a new partnership with Mitsubishi Electric, a profitable path toward around 200 million in revenue, and how 3D-printed payloads are unlocking faster, lower-cost satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-dr-p-anbalagan-on-maharashtras-plan-to-build-a-space-economy-from-the-ground-up/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77960 From World Space Business Week in Paris, Dr. P. Anbalagan, Principal Secretary for the Government of Maharashtra, joins Laura Todd to explain how India's largest subnational economy is building a space ecosystem end to end - a 300-acre innovation city, 30,000 startups, shared facilities, and a 2027 Space Fest.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-furniture-that-builds-itself-joe-landon-of-rendezvous-robotics-on-in-space-self-assembly/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77957 From World Space Business Week in Paris, Joe Landon, co-founder of Rendezvous Robotics, joins Laura Todd to explain how spacecraft can assemble themselves in orbit using magnetic tiles - no astronauts, no robotic arms - unlocking megawatt-class power and large antennas beyond the limits of a rocket fairing.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-isabelle-mauro-of-gsoa-on-wrc-27-and-satellite-as-critical-infrastructure/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77952 From World Space Business Week in Paris, GSOA Director General Isabelle Mauro joins Torsten Kriening to explain why WRC-27 is a landmark moment for satellite - with roughly 80% of the agenda now space-related - and what's at stake on spectrum, direct-to-device and lunar communications.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-andrew-cawthorne-of-sstl-on-40-years-of-small-satellites-and-a-3-5m-space-telescope/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77942 From World Space Business Week in Paris, SSTL Managing Director Andrew Cawthorne joins Laura Todd to survey a remarkable programme - Lunar Pathfinder, defence and export work, and a 3.5-metre space telescope - and explains why SSTL sits between new space and traditional space.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-17000-mph-and-it-stops-trevor-smith-of-atomic-6-on-testing-space-armor/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77947 From World Space Business Week in Paris, Trevor Smith, president and co-founder of Atomic-6, joins Laura Todd to discuss Space Armor - the lightest, thinnest debris shield ever built for space - how it's tested at 7.2 km/s, and its upcoming flight debut with Portal Space Systems.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-two-rockets-from-esrange-in-2028-ssc-ceo-charlotta-sund-on-the-firefly-partnership/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77938 From the close of World Space Business Week in Paris, SSC Space CEO Charlotta Sund joins Laura Todd to discuss the newly announced Firefly partnership bringing Alpha launches to Esrange in 2028, what transatlantic collaboration really demands, and why culture fit matters as much as technology.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-franck-mouriaux-of-fada-on-going-from-blank-page-to-operating-satellites-in-two-years/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77935 From World Space Business Week in Paris, Franck Mouriaux, acting CEO of FADA, joins Laura Todd to share how the company went from a blank page in 2024 to operating its first satellite on orbit - and why, with technology increasingly accessible, the real differentiator is the ability to execute.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-jeff-thornburg-of-portal-on-solar-thermal-propulsion-and-buying-an-entire-rocket/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77932 From World Space Business Week in Paris, Portal Space Systems CEO Jeff Thornburg joins Torsten Kriening to explain why he bought an entire SpaceX rocket, how solar thermal propulsion enables MEO-to-LEO transfers in under three hours, and why the future of deep space is nuclear.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-pieter-fossel-of-hydrosat-on-thermal-intelligence-and-removing-the-cover-of-darkness/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77928 From World Space Business Week in Paris, Hydrosat CEO Pieter Fossel joins Torsten Kriening to unveil the Osiris constellation - 25-metre thermal resolution across a 340 km swath - and explain why thermal intelligence, visible day and night, removes the cover of darkness.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/spacewatchgl-recap-spin-europe-has-the-money-now-comes-the-hard-part/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77807 Yesterday's summit argued about sovereignty. Today's asked whether European industry can actually build it. From the Space Innovation Summit in Paris: Isar's scale-first bet, the first IRIS² satellites under contract, and two serious investors disagreeing in public about whether Europe's problem is capital or customers.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-day-2-niels-buus-and-t-kriening-on-big-budgets-bubbles-and-europes-integration-question/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77786 From day two of World Space Business Week and the opening of SDSS in Paris, Niels Buus and Torsten Kriening unpack the launcher and spending figures shaping the sector, ESA's search for its future role, whether Europe's rising valuations are a bubble, and why horizontal integration may be Europe's smartest play.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-pacome-revillon-of-novaspace-on-the-next-cycle-of-space-innovation/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77689 From the opening of World Space Business Week 2026 in Paris, Novaspace's Pacôme Revillon joins Laura Todd to argue that "new space" is now a decade old - and that a second cycle of innovation is beginning, shaped by sovereignty, orbital data centres, AI, and an industry finally reaching scale.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-morning-show-niels-buus-torsten-kriening-on-europes-move-from-vision-to-delivery/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77686 From the 29th World Space Business Week in Paris, Torsten Kriening and Niels Buus open SpaceWatch.Global's coverage - reflecting on a European turning point where funding, political will and mature technology converge, and asking the question that now matters most: who can actually deliver at scale?]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/11/space-cafe-radio-with-rainer-horn/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68861 Join SpaceWatch.Global's Torsten Kriening for an exclusive interview with Rainer Horn, Managing Director of Novaspace, about the Space Defense and Security Summit (SDSS) during the World Space Business Week in Paris. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/10/space-cafe-radio-with-philippe-carette/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68513 Join us for a captivating episode of Space Café Radio as your host, Torsten Kriening, sits down with Philippe Carette, now President of Satellite Communications at NSG - Neo Space Group, during the World Space Business Week in Paris. Listen into an insightful discussion on the future of in-flight connectivity and how NSG's recent acquisition of Display Interactive strengthens its role as a global leader in integrated satellite and aviation services. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/10/space-cafe-radio-economics-inside-world-space-business-with-pacome-revillon/ Thu, 03 Oct 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61464 In this episode of Space Café Radio, host Torsten Kriening sits down with Pacôme Révillon, CEO of Novaspace, to review the 27th edition of the World Space Business Week held in Paris. They discuss key trends, including market transformations, mergers, and acquisitions, the impact of new EU DG DEFIS Commissioner and defense activities on the space sector.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/09/novaspaces-key-insights-growth-trends/ Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61227 Nathan De Ruiter, Partner and Managing Director at NOVASPACE, kicks off World Space Business Week with an in-depth industry overview. ]]>