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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

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ESA has appointed two new directors for commercialisation and space operations, both starting January 2027. What are their priorities for European space?

#ESA #SpaceLeadership

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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
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Europe has the science and the industry. So what's actually missing? Ricardo Conde of the Portuguese Space Agency has a clear answer, and it might surprise you. #EuropeanSpace #LunarExploration

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€35 billion for space by 2030. Germany is committed, but is the sector ready to deliver? Klaus-Peter Willsch shares his candid take at #ESPI2026.

#SpacePolicy

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Liechtenstein has 41,000 people and one satellite operator. Now it has a national space strategy too. Dr. Bianca Lins on why trust is a serious geopolitical asset. #SpacePolicy #EuropeanSpace

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Investors weren't worried about the technology. They wanted to know if owning space resources was even legal. Schneider explains what Europe could do about that. #SpaceResources #SpacePolicy

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Getting into the room is one thing. Deciding how much of yourself to bring is another. A queer, nonbinary space professional writes about the cost of belonging in the space sector. #SpaceIndustry #Inclusion

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Latitudo 40 raised €2.9M to move geospatial intelligence from observation to action. Agentic EO and Physical AI are central to their plan. Here is what that means in practice. #EarthObservation #SpaceTech

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Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, and Vodafone are exploring a joint satellite spectrum bid in Europe. What is driving this coordination, and what is still unresolved? #Satellite #Telecom

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Spaceport Cornwall and Dawn Aerospace are exploring runway-launched suborbital flights from Newquay. Could Aurora change how often researchers access near-space? #UKSpace #DawnAerospace

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Orbital servicing demands real-time decisions that conventional systems can't deliver. Obruta Space Solutions is tackling autonomous anomaly recovery and extreme-lighting perception with C$1.5M in CSA funding. #ISAM #SpaceTech

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