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ICEYE has announced a definitive agreement signed for an oversubscribed $93M growth funding round. The financing will further accelerate investment in the world's largest constellation of SAR satellites and expand the company's portfolio of innovative data and subscription products.
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April 18, 2024
Space Cafè Radio Frontiers – Mars, Moon and Water with Prof Angel Abbud-Madrid
In this episode, Dr Emma Gatti, Editor in Chief of SpaceWatch.Global, and Prof. Angel Abbud-Madrid, …
April 18, 2024
#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: 10 iconic marketing campaigns in Space
Marketing in outer space seems like an innovative idea, but it has 60+ years of history. Dr. Wernher…
April 18, 2024
ICEYE Raises Growth Funding Round for Global SAR Leadership
ICEYE has announced a definitive agreement signed for an oversubscribed $93M growth funding round. T…
April 18, 2024
Sweden Becomes 38th Signatory to the Artemis Accords
Sweden has become the latest and 38th signatory to the Artemis Accords, as Swedish Minister for Educ…
April 18, 2024
UKSA Collaborates with UKI2S to Fund Early-Stage Businesses
The UK Space Agency (UKSA), in collaboration with the UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), h…
April 17, 2024
RIIS Appointed as Interim Host of DEA Program Management Office
The Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS) has become the interim host for the …
April 17, 2024
ESA Funds GlobalTrust and Ecogain’s Space2CLIMB Project
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded funding to the Space2CLIMB project that seeks to explore…
April 17, 2024
Switzerland Becomes Latest Signatory to the Artemis Accords
Switzerland has become the 37th member of the Artemis Accords, as Guy Parmelin, Swiss Federal Counci…
April 16, 2024
Aerospacelab Successfully Acquires AMOS
Aerospacelab has announced the acquisition of AMOS, a company known for its opto-mechanical systems …
April 16, 2024
Voyager Space Names Neeraj Gupta Chief Strategy Officer
Voyager Space (Voyager), has announced the appointment of Neeraj Gupta as the company's Chief Strate…
April 16, 2024
SSC Successfully Launches WSF-M Weather Satellite
Space Systems Command (SSC) and its mission partners have successfully launched the United States Sp…
April 15, 2024
Space Symposium 2024 – Interview with Dr Luca Rossettini
What is one of the main reasons behind orbital cluttering and debris? A conversation of our Dr Emma …
April 15, 2024
#SpaceWatchGL Venture Space – March 2024
After a behemoth month of space-tech investment in February ($1.7b), global venture investment in sp…
April 15, 2024
SSC Awards TacRS Contracts Towards VICTUS HAZE Mission
The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command, through its Space Safari Program Office, in p…
April 15, 2024
CONFERS Elects Joerg Kreisel as President of New Executive Committee
The Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) has announced its new …
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Sweden Becomes 38th Signatory to the Artemis Accords
Sweden has become the latest and 38th signatory to the Artemis Accords, as Swedish Minister for Education Dr. Mats Persson signed the accords on behalf of Sweden at an event in Stockholm. Participants at the signing included Persson and Ambassador Erik D. Ramanathan, the U.S. ambassador to Sweden, who gave remarks welcoming Sweden to the Accords family. Pre-recorded remarks by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson played during the ceremony as well.
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Switzerland Becomes Latest Signatory to the Artemis Accords
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Angara-A5 rocket launched from Vostochny
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EU Space Law to Protect Satellites From Debris Delayed
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RIIS Appointed as Interim Host of DEA Program Management Office
The Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS) has become the interim host for the pan-African Digital Earth Africa Program Management Office, a free platform providing satellite imagery and products specific to the African continent. Digital Earth Africa is on track to improve the lives of African people and support decision-makers across the continent to assess, plan, and protect their countries from the potential impacts of climate change.
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ESA Funds GlobalTrust and Ecogain’s Space2CLIMB Project
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SSC Successfully Launches WSF-M Weather Satellite
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SSC Awards TacRS Contracts Towards VICTUS HAZE Mission
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Space Cafè Radio Frontiers – Mars, Moon and Water with Prof Angel Abbud-Madrid
In this episode, Dr Emma Gatti, Editor in Chief of SpaceWatch.Global, and Prof. Angel Abbud-Madrid, director of the Center for Space Resources at the Colorado School of Mines, dive into engaging discussions about space resources, focusing on water reserves on the Moon and Mars.
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#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: 10 iconic marketing campaigns in Space
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ADRAS-J Completes Rendezvous and Initiates Proximity Approach
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Space Symposium 2024 – Interview with Prof Nicolas Peter
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Space Cafe “33 minutes with Artemis BRICS” – Can the Global South Shape the Moon Accords? – recap
The Artemis Accords, boasting a membership of 36 nations, encompass a diverse array of Western and non-Western states, with signatories from Latin America, the Asia-Pacific region, Africa, and the Middle East. Notably, key members of the Artemis Accords, including Brazil, India, and the UAE, also hold membership in BRICS—a prominent intergovernmental organization comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates.
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Space Cafe “33 minutes with Kevin O’Connell” – Space Crossroads: Regulation, Protectionism, and the Quest for International Cooperation – recap
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SpaceWatch.Global Insights – DGI 2024 (Geospatial intelligence for defence and security)
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Space Café Summit by Dr. Emma Gatti on International Women’s Day 2024
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Space Café Recap: “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland” #16
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Space Café Live in Vienna – with Sara Dalledonne and Valentin Eder on 11 December 2023
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Space Café Israel by Meidad Pariente: Ella Barak – The “new” Dual use of space technologies in other industries
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Space Café BeNeLux by Dr. Heike Poignand: Kees Buijsrogge on “How space technology is key for Europe’s sovereignty?”
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Space Café Austria by Sabine Pongruber – with Markus Mooslechner
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April, 2024
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16 April
SSC Successfully Launches WSF-M Weather Satellite
Space Systems Command (SSC) and its mission partners have successfully launched the United States Space Force (USSF)-62 Weather System Follow–on–Microwave (WSF-M) satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 (SLC-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in northern Santa Barbara County, California. This mission brings new capabilities to the US and its allies by placing the first satellite of two new generations of operational environmental monitoring satellites into orbit.
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15 April
Space Symposium 2024 – Interview with Dr Luca Rossettini
What is one of the main reasons behind orbital cluttering and debris? A conversation of our Dr Emma Gatti with Dr Luca Rossettini, co-founder and CEO of D-Orbit (plus, the many reasons for Luca to go to Space Symposium, including its night parties..;)
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15 April
#SpaceWatchGL Venture Space – March 2024
After a behemoth month of space-tech investment in February ($1.7b), global venture investment in space-tech fell back to earth in March with only $93.96m invested. Europe held three of the four largest investments this month: Multiverse Computing in Spain (€25m), Mbryonics in Ireland (€17.5m), and Blackwave in Germany ($6.6m), with South Africa’s Simera Sense (€13.5m) rounding out the top-four.
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15 April
SSC Awards TacRS Contracts Towards VICTUS HAZE Mission
The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command, through its Space Safari Program Office, in partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and SpaceWERX, is awarding contracts to two separate space industry vendors, Rocket Lab and True Anomaly. The vendors will exercise a realistic threat response scenario in an on-orbit space domain awareness (SDA) demonstration called VICTUS HAZE.
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15 April
CONFERS Elects Joerg Kreisel as President of New Executive Committee
The Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) has announced its new executive committee, with iboss boss Joerg Kreisel elected as President. The Association also elected Jon Beam, CEO of Rogue Space Systems Corporation, as Vice President, Dr Brien Flewelling, Director of Strategic Program Development at ExoAnalytic Solutions, as Secretary, and Joseph Anderson, Vice President of Space Logistics, LLC, as Treasurer.
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