AWS Space Accelerator (September 2022)
Raleigh Wooldridge met with Alchemist Accelerator Managing Director Rachel Chalmers to discuss AWS’s Space Accelerator. Rachel provided background on the program as well as an overview of companies selected in the 2022 cohort. Most useful to SGAC members, she gave a glimpse into what characteristics startup accelerators, specifically AWS and Alchemist, look for in startup founders. If you want to learn more about the AWS Space Accelerator and potentially submit an application in April 2023, you can find information at the Alchemist website.
Young Professionals Workshop (April 2022)
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is the premier conference for professionals in the space sector. The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) is the hosting body for the IAC, whose activities involve the annual Young Professionals (YP) Workshop that is hosted in parallel to the IAC. The goal of the YP Workshop is to recruit young researchers from around the world to investigate selected topics of interest for the IAF community. The in-person YP workshop happens one day before the IAC, usually hosted in September-October.
SGAC Diversity Campaign (April 2022)
SGAC Diversity Campaign (April 2022) Featuring the diverse profiles of our members, SGAC Trinidad and Tobago in collaboration with the Diversity and Gender Equality (Our Giant Leap) Project Group
TWAIL & CAIL: Decolonising Global Space Governance to Empower Global South in New Space
By rethinking the origin story of international law, one which does not exclude the Global South, scholars of the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) aim to restructure the existing framework of Global Space Governance. In addition, the Cosmopolitan Approaches to International Law (CAIL) was suggested to work hand-in-hand with the development of TWAIL in space and its governance.
What do you think being an SGAC Pioneer means?
What do you think being an SGAC Pioneer means? What is your vision for SGAC and its community? How do you think you could leverage this position of being an SGAC Pioneer to make more impact within SGAC? How do you think SGAC can better support/follow-up with the SGAC Pioneers? We asked these questions to two of the SGAC Pioneers: Antonio Stark and Roxy Williams.
Considering How We Communicate Space: Takeaways from a SGFF Working Group
The “story of space” is important. For all of the incredible discoveries made through space exploration and all of the ways that space supports our life on Earth, its value needs to be regularly communicated. People need to understand how and, more importantly, why we invest in our cosmic activities. Without support for space, our future use of it will be marginal and limited.
Conversation with Sara Mirshekari, founder and CEO of Keshtyaar
The Iranian space industry is welcoming new players in the form of startups and small businesses that use satellite data to improve the daily lives of society members. Recent university graduates, with their fresh ideas and new-found expertise, are often responsible for spearheading such initiatives. Sara Mirshekari is one of the only female leaders in this space and has successfully founded an agricultural business based on satellite data analysis, called Keshtyaar. The following is an interview with this rising star (Sh. Y. refers to the author, S.M. refers to Sara Mirshekari).
Interview with María de las Victorias Cocca & Esquivel
Interview with María de las Victorias Cocca & Esquivel International Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Space Network (ReLaCa Espacio) By Itzel Rocillo
SGAC Croatia Webinar Series: Eight webinars about space as an interdisciplinary field
The SGAC team in Croatia includes 14 active members and 50+ regular members from different cities all around the country. The SGAC Croatia Webinar Series aimed to inspire and motivate university students and young professionals in Croatia and abroad to grow a career in the space sector. Influenced by the stories from talented SGAC members from all around the world, the SGAC Croatia team invested their passion and creativity to bring the same excitement about space and self-development in Croatia and nearby regions.
A Chat with a Champion for Cleaning Orbit: Luc Riesbeck
Satellites enable our modern, hyper-connected lives. Data from space systems feed into a swath of essential services that people all over the world depend on daily – cellular networks, broadband internet, climate science and agriculture, freight logistics and tracking, weather data, emergency and natural disaster relief, and countless others. Together, these on-orbit services and data form an unseen yet critical backbone of today’s global economy.
