Intuitive Machines Expands Assets #IntuitiveMachines finished acquiring #Goonhilly and #COMSAT. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/08/intuitive-machines-completes-acquisition-of-goonhilly-earth-station-and-comsat-positioning-itself-as-a-vertically-integrated-prime/ #SpaceWatchNews

Rocket Lab Wins Defense Contract @RocketLab won a $397 million @USSpaceForce contract to build and launch Flatellites for the SB-AMTI program using its Neutron rocket. 🔗 Read on the SWGL Website #SpaceWatchNews

NanoAvionics Chosen for VLEO Demo #KreiosSpace selected the #Kongsberg #NanoAvionics' MP42 #satellite bus to test air-breathing #propulsion. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/08/kongsberg-nanoavionics-bus-tapped-for-kreios-spaces-vleo-orbital-demonstrator/ #SpaceWatchNews

LiveEO Secures Space AI Grant #LiveEO won a #DLR grant for an #optical/#radar #AI model. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/08/liveeo-secures-german-space-agency-grant-to-build-a-multimodal-vision-foundation-ai-model-for-earth-observation/ #SpaceWatchNews

Uncomfortable Questions for European Space Torsten Kriening analyzes structural issues in #European #space governance. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/08/spacewatchgl-feature-the-kriening-10-and-what-it-revealed/ #SpaceWatchGLOpinion

Europe’s Space Dilemma K.-P. Ludwig examines whether #Europe can overcome structural fragmentation to become a global #space broker rather than a dependent partner. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/08/spacewatchgl-opinion-europes-space-dilemma-sovereignty-or-global-broker/ #SpaceWatchGLOpinion

Nineteen Group Acquires Space-Comm Expo #NineteenGroup acquired Space-Comm Expo Europe to scale international reach. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/08/nineteen-group-acquires-space-comm-expo-europe-from-lunar-ridge-ventures/ #SpaceWatchNews #SpaceCommExpo

NASA Selects Starweave Swarm Software #NASA selected #LunarOutpost to advance Starweave #software for #robotic #swarms. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/08/nasa-selects-lunar-outpost-to-advance-its-starweave-autonomous-robotic-swarm-software/ #SpaceWatchNews

Hughes Files Chapter 11 #HughesSatelliteSystems filed Chapter 11 #bankruptcy to manage $1.5B in #debt and focus on #B2B. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/08/hughes-files-for-bankruptcy-amid-maturing-debt-obligations-aiming-to-strengthen-capital-structure/ #SpaceWatchNews

Planet Secures Berlin Facility #Planet expanded in #Berlin to build its first #European #satellite plant. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/08/planet-acquires-berlin-innovation-campus-space-to-set-up-its-first-european-production-facility/ #SpaceWatchNews

Outlier Space Raises $7.35M #OutlierSpace raised $7.35M in pre-seed funding to build a #reusable #microgravity payload and return capsule. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/08/outlier-space-raises-us7-35m-to-develop-a-commercial-microgravity-research-and-return-platform/ #SpaceWatchNews

Warwick Detects Faint GEO Debris University of 3Warwick researchers detected undocumented #debris fragments as small as 5 cm in #geosynchronous orbit. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/08/outlier-space-raises-us7-35m-to-develop-a-commercial-microgravity-research-and-return-platform #SpaceWatchNews

Dual-Use EO Is a Cost Function Karolina Sarna examines why treating dual-use Earth observation as a free hedge creates structural trade-offs under state control. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/08/spacewatchgl-inside-eo-dual-use-is-a-cost-function/ #SpaceWatchGLOpinion #EO

Space Programme or Subscription? Timo Krone examines whether emerging #space nations are building true sovereignty or buying temporary infrastructure access. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/spacewatchgl-analysis-a-space-programme-or-just-a-subscription/ #SpaceWatchGLOpinion

Rocket Lab Secures iQPS Missions #RocketLab signed a multi-launch agreement to deploy three dedicated #SAR #missions for #iQPS on Electron. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/rocket-lab-secures-multi-launch-deal-with-iqps-for-three-dedicated-missions/ #SpaceWatchNews #MultiLaunch

Scotland Selects Satellite Data #Scotland awarded #Planet a 7-figure #satellite #monitoring contract. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/scotland-selects-planet-for-sustainable-agricultural-reform-support-as-planet-opens-new-london-office/ #SpaceWatchNews

Thales Joins PRISMA Consortium #Thales Alenia Space joins #OHB Italia to build the PRISMA Second Generation #satellite for #ASI. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/thales-alenia-joins-ohb-italia-led-consortium-to-develop-the-prisma-satellite-for-the-italian-space-agency/ #SpaceWatchNews

Europe's Space Innovation Problem Judith Delany examines why #Europe excels at #space projects but struggles with handovers between research, funding, and operators. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/spacewatchgl-opinion-europes-innovation-problem-isnt-innovation/ #SpaceWatchGLOpinion

Impulse Unveils Electra Impulse Space unveiled Electra, an in-house electric #propulsion system for post-launch #spacecraft mobility 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/impulse-space-unveils-electra-its-first-electric-propulsion-system-to-expand-post-launch-options-for-spacecraft/ #SpaceWatchNews

ispace Selects H3 Lunar Launch ispace contracted Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to launch its Mission 3 ULTRA lunar lander aboard the H3 rocket in 2028. 🔗 Read on the SWGL website #SpaceWatchNews @ispace_inc @MHI_Group

Eutelsat Poland Sign IRIS² MoU #Eutelsat and #Poland signed an MoU supporting #Polish participation in the #European #IRIS² #satellite #constellation. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/eutelsat-and-poland-sign-strategic-mou-supporting-polands-participation-in-iris%c2%b2 #SpaceWatchNews

Voyager Reditus Partner Microgravity Access #Voyager Tech and #Reditus Space renew #microgravity partnership for ENOS. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/voyager-and-reditus-space-renew-partnership-for-commercial-microgravity-access-on-the-enos-reentry-vehicle/ #SpaceWatchNews

Space Unromanced: Looking Up Closely Raoul Cardellini Leipertz launches a new column examining how power dynamics and privilege control access to the #space sector. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/spacewatchgl-space-unromanced-looking-up-more-closely/ #SpaceWatchGLOpinion

Record government budgets are pouring into space, but where is the money actually going? Laura Todd & Rosa Schmidt explore #space funding and sustainability at #Farnborough 2026. 🎥 https://youtu.be/x17Qfj37-SU #SpaceCafeClip

Everyone preaches space collaboration, but few explain the "how." Laura Todd & Rosa Schmidt analyze #UK billions, #European identity, and #NASA chief Jared Isaacman's call to fill capability gaps. 🎥 https://youtu.be/ROw4B7gpYzI #SpaceCafeClip

Rocket Lab Wins Space Force Award #RocketLab won a $266 million #USSpaceForce contract for #suborbital #launches. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/rocket-lab-awarded-record-266m-missile-defense-contract-with-u-s-space-force-for-suborbital-launches #SpaceWatchNews

Ariane 6 Launching Weather Satellite #Arianespace's MTG-I2 weather #satellite launches August 27 on Ariane 6's first #geostationary flight. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/arianespace-to-launch-mtg-i2-weather-satellite-aboard-ariane-6s-first-geostationary-mission-next-month #SpaceWatchNews

ORBES Unveils Exo-ORB Satellite #ORBES unveiled Exo-ORB, a compact escort #satellite designed to inspect and maintain #space assets. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/orbes-unveils-exo-orb-a-locally-hosted-inspection-maintenance-robot-for-large-orbital-infrastructure/ #SpaceWatchNews

EO Needs Product Thinking Karolina Sarna examines why commercial #EO is trapped in custom projects and what it needs to scale. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/spacewatchgl-inside-eo-the-missing-middle-layer-part-2-from-projects-to-products #SpaceWatchGLOpinion

ESA UKSA Launch InCubed Call #ESA and #UKSA open a €7.26 million #InCubed funding call for #UK Earth observation projects. 🔗 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/esa-and-uksa-launch-new-incubed-funding-call-for-eo-based-proposals-in-the-united-kingdom #SpaceWatchNews #EO