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April, 2024

• 25 April

  ClearSpace-1 Mission Changes in Response to Debris Collision

  

  The ClearSpace-1 debris removal mission has undergone a transformative period to achieve a faster execution pace and reviewed mission objectives. After the successful completion of its mission’s first phase, the detection of space debris objects in the vicinity of the mission’s client object, which indicates a collision of the target with untraceable debris, and the need for a change towards a more expedited and cost-effective approach prompted a pivot in the next stage of the ClearSpace-1 mission.

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• 25 April

  PLD Space Announces Expansion Plans Amid Funding Support

  

  PLD Space has announced that it has attained 120 million euros in funding to date, thus ensuring it can meet its upcoming technological and corporate milestones, culminating in the launch of the MIURA 5 mission at the end of 2025. The Company has received 78 million euros in investment from shareholders who have invested in its technological program and business model. In addition to this sum, there are 42 million euros from the PERTE backed by the Government of Spain for a Spanish space launcher (1.5M€ in July 2023 and 40.5M€ at the end of January 2024).

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• 24 April

  SINC 2024 – Interview with Andiswa Mlisa

  

  Rarely does the Pacific Community have the courage to initiate a dialogue with the Western world. During SINC, Andiswa Mlisa, Principal Advisor Business Development in the lead for Digital Earth Pacific, explained to our editor-in-chief, Dr. Emma Gatti, why the Pacific community must be involved in the broader dialogue about Space economy and Space security.

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• 24 April

  The Space Café Podcast #105: Marie-Pier Boucher: If we fail to do this, there is not future in Space

  

  SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #105: Marie-Pier Boucher: If we fail to do this, there is not future in Space. Episode 105 features special guest: Marie-Pier Boucher. Host Markus engages with Marie Pierre Boucher, who provides a fascinating perspective on integrating arts and diverse cultural elements into space exploration. Marie Pierre Boucher, a visionary from the University of Toronto, expands on her extensive work that spans across art, technology, and space, illustrating how these realms intersect to create more inclusive and sustainable environments in space.

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• 24 April

  SINC 2024 – Interview with Almudena Azcárate Ortega

  

  Space security is central for a peaceful use of space and for security and national al defense. But it's often pushed aside in the concretisation. Why? Almudena Azcarate Ortega, Researcher - Space Security at UNIDIR, discusses with Dr Emma Gatti, SpaceWatch.Global's Editor in Chief, the ways Space security influences our use of space.

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