"I don't care about data. I want knowledge." A firefighter said that to a room full of satellite engineers. Europe's space sector needs to hear it. Is orbit ready to act like infrastructure? #Wildfire #SpaceTech spacewatch.global/2026/10/sp…

EraDrive is cleared to test onboard autonomous manoeuvring on NASA's Starling mission. Era-Core replans trajectories in real time, no ground commands required. What could that unlock? #SpaceTech #NewSpace spacewatch.global/2026/10/er…

Can commercial satellite data meet the scientific bar set by 50 years of Landsat? EarthDaily has a $3M NASA task order to prove it. Here is what is being tested. #EarthObservation #Landsat spacewatch.global/2026/10/ea…

An AI-driven plant experiment is heading to the ISS. Voyager Technologies will manage the mission for Interstellar Lab. Could this shape how we feed crews on the Moon and Mars? #ISS #SpaceScience spacewatch.global/2026/10/in…

Germany has no commercial high-res optical satellite operator. LiveEO's Daniel Seidel explains what that means and what comes next after DefTech Day 2026. #LiveEO #DefTech spacewatch.global/2026/10/de…

Russia's Cosmos 2612 closed to within 26 metres of commercial SAR satellite ICEYE-X36. Washington spoke at the UN. NATO has not. What does that gap mean for space deterrence? #GraySpace #SpaceSecurity spacewatch.global/2026/10/sp…

Generating solar power near the Moon's south pole is harder than it sounds. JAXA has selected ispace to work on a solution that could change the equation for lunar infrastructure. #ispace #JAXA spacewatch.global/2026/10/is…

A 16-year-old CEO raised $3M to beam electricity between satellites using lasers. Zero Industries is targeting an orbital demo in 2030. Here is what they are building: #SpaceTech #NewSpace spacewatch.global/2026/10/ze…

NASA just revised how SpaceX and Blue Origin will get their landers to the Moon for a 2028 crewed landing. Two providers, two very different approaches, and one spot still up for grabs. #Artemis #NASA spacewatch.global/2026/10/na…

A Danish study of 6 European countries argues the real space governance question is not which agency to create, but who holds the budget and procurement authority. Christophe Bosquillon digs into the findings. #SpacePolicy #EuropeanSpace spacewatch.global/2026/10/sp…

ESA has appointed two new directors for commercialisation and space operations, both starting January 2027. What are their priorities for European space? #ESA #SpaceLeadership spacewatch.global/2026/10/es…

Throttled satellite services disrupted Ukraine's drone defenses. Now ICEYE and Nokia are exploring a sovereign comms system Kyiv would own. Plus: radar meets thermal data for wildfire response. #SpaceTech spacewatch.global/2026/10/ic… spacewatch.global/2026/10/ic…

Xona Space Systems raised $250M and launched 6 new satellites in the same week. Its Pulsar network targets signals 100x stronger than GPS. What's the plan from here? #Xona #SatelliteNavigation spacewatch.global/2026/10/xo…

Collaboration or fragmentation? After ESPI's 20th Annual Conference in Vienna, Kriening and Delany ask the question no one wants to leave unanswered: what comes after the talking? #SpacePolicy #ESPI spacewatch.global/2026/10/es…

Europe has the expertise. Does it have the ambition? Dr. Sarah Rugheimer on LIFE, exoplanet biosignatures and what a discovery would really mean for us. #Astrobiology #Exoplanets spacewatch.global/2026/10/es…

Europe is very good at identifying what it needs in space. Acting before the next crisis forces it to is another matter. A sharp read from ESPI's 20th Annual Conference in Vienna. #EuropeanSpace #SpacePolicy spacewatch.global/2026/10/sp…

Can laser comms solve the satellite data bottleneck? Marble Imaging, Reflex Aerospace and Odysseus Space are about to find out with Marble Sat-1 in 2027. #EarthObservation #LaserComms spacewatch.global/2026/10/ma…

Canada is building a 72-hour satellite launch capability for national defense. NordSpace just secured a C$20M contract to keep the infrastructure ready. Here is what that means in practice. #NordSpace #DefenseSpace spacewatch.global/2026/10/no…

Remondo and Meissa sign an MoU to integrate AI-powered satellite ops with sub-20cm optical imaging. An end-to-end Earth observation pipeline is taking shape. #EarthObservation #NewSpace spacewatch.global/2026/10/re…

Companies entering the space resources sector kept asking for one thing, and it was not funding. Étienne Schneider explains what Luxembourg learned and why Europe should pay attention. #SpacePolicy #NewSpace spacewatch.global/2026/10/es…