Astropolitics, Strategy & Technology Research Association
Category: ASTRA Bonn News
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On 13 October 2026, ASTRA Bonn welcomed Martin Reynders, Legal Advisor and Deputy Head of UN Affairs at Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V. and Treasurer of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), for a guest lecture on an “Introduction to Space Law.” Space law began taking shape before humanity reached orbit. In 1932…
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Last week, our Chair Raphael attended the Orbital Science-Policy Forum hosted by IQIB, which focused on orbital resilience. This is his report. Following an insightful and moving opening impulse by Dr. Florian Max Schwandner on the real-life impact of space-based systems, what stood out to me was the range of perspectives the four panels brought…
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On 18 June 2026, ASTRA Bonn had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Vitali Braun, who works with the European Space Agency – ESA/ ESOC Space Debris Office, for a lecture on “Navigating Debris: Cosmic Stories of Cooperation, Conflict and Chaos.” What may sound like a highly technical topic quickly turned into a broader conversation about the…
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Looking back at our third event on 21 May 2026, we at ASTRA Bonn are very grateful to Sara Hadley for her lecture on: “NGOs Investigating Human Rights Violations Using Earth Observation Satellites”. Commercial satellite imagery has become a standard tool for civil society organizations documenting violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in…
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A sincere thank you to Marieluna Frank for joining ASTRA Bonn on 30 April 2026 for her lecture “Private Actors in Orbit: Structural Power in the Commanding Heights of Space”. The talk took on one of the most repeated assumptions of contemporary space discourse, namely that “NewSpace” marks a genuine break from the past, a…