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On Becoming a Global Space Communicator: An Interview with Remco Timmermans

May 28, 2025 • Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom • Episode 76

We continue the alternating series for spotlighting Global Space Enablers Network (GSEN) in this episode.

An interview with Remco Timmermans who represents one of GSEN's member organization Space Agenda, the leading global space industry events calendar in 2024.

Remco is an online marketing and communications specialist in the international space sector. He is a well-known space influencer and mentor to aspiring space communicators. Since 2025 he is the Communications Manager at space electronics manufacturer EmTroniX in Luxembourg.

Before joining EmTroniX, Remco was founder and owner at Spaceside, a dedicated space marketing and communications agency. Remco is also co-owner and space event specialist at Space Agenda. He is a global faculty member at the International Space University, co-founder of the Space Communications Alliance, and a vice chair and symposium lead of the IAF Space Education and Outreach Committee.

Remco has an undergraduate degree in business administration and mechanical engineering, a master’s degree in business sciences, and he is a graduate of the International Space University Space Studies Program, where he also periodically teaches space management and business, with an emphasis on marketing and communications.

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International Space University Space Studies Program

Space Communications Alliance

Hosts: SpaceBase Founder Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom

If you are keen to join the Global Space Enablers Network either as an individual or an organization, check out spaceenablers.net We also hold periodic online Net-Connect networking sessions.

GSEN Net Connect #5: 15 September 2025, Noon Pacific Time. RSVP

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