#SpaceWatchGL - No. 134
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Over the past weeks, SpaceWatch.Global reported on a number of exciting space & cyber developments throughout the world!
- My 2020 in a review – by Joerg Kreisel
- The story behind Estée Lauder’s payload to the ISS
- E2MC Update On Space-Financing Rounds in December 2020
- ‘War in space’ would be a catastrophe. A return to rules-based cooperation is the only way to keep space peaceful
- Bangkok start-up to build “first spaceship of Thailand”
- Intersputnik appoints Elina Morozova Executive Director
- EU funds 42 start-ups and innovators with €178 million
- Scott Pace leaves U.S. National Space Council
- Breton launches European launcher alliance and Cassini fund
- FCC allows SpaceX to put ten Starlink satellites in lower orbit
- ESA chief Woerner hands over to Aschbacher four months earlier
- Rocket Lab starts the year with OHB microsat launch
Rethinking the Inevitable: Why We Need to Stop Hoping, and Prepare for Space Warfare
by Doug Loverro In the not-so-distant future, some country’s leader will be forced to answer the following question – will they passively allow the citizens and military forces of their nation to be targeted, with impunity, by the space forces of an adversary nation? Will they countenance thousands of sailors …
Kai-Uwe Schrogl “A Challenging Presidency – A Bright Perspective For Europe In Space”
With the end of the year, Germany passed on the EU Council Presidency. After six months of tumultuous political developments and an intensification of the COVID-19 crisis, Germany was able to finalize the big dossiers relevant for the next years. SpaceWatch.Global Editor-in-Chief Markus Payer drew a resumé on the space …
“Houston, we have a Space Traffic Management Pilot program”
by Dr. Moriba Jah The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office of Space Commerce (OSC) will finally get its chance to demonstrate to the rest of the space community its value-added in taking stewardship of civil space situational awareness and space traffic management, as was indicated in National Space Policy Directive …
Space Traffic Management – Do Not Overcomplicate the Issue
by Dr. Darren McKnight, Centauri Space traffic management (STM) is an enabler for reliable, safe space operations – the real objective that the global space community needs to rally around during this unprecedented growth of space system deployments and growth in orbital debris. [See Endnote 1] In developing STM solutions, …
2020 – A Preview of the Decade to Come?
by Blaine Curcio SpaceWatch.Global asked its friends, staff and contributors to review 2020 and provide an outlook into 2021. These personal reviews are being published during the holiday season. This is the review of Blaine Curcio. Everyone would agree that 2020 was in many ways exceptional. There were vastly fewer …