The International Space Station (ISS) National Lab announces new funding opportunities to use its orbiting laboratory to develop, or test products and processes. The organisation is offering $750,000 for projects that have “a clear line of sight to commercial applications and demonstrate the potential to produce a positive direct or indirect economic impact” in the near term. The funding is ...
The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory is highlighting the return to earth of a range of projects that have been undertaken in space, in its permanent microgravity research environment. After more than 35 days onboard the International Space Station, SpaceX’s 30th Commercial Resupply Services Mission for NASA successfully splashed back to Earth off the Florida coast earlier this week. ...
Sen, a UK space video company, is launching a 4K live stream looking out from the International Space Station (ISS) with the aim to enable people “to see Earth from space like astronauts”. Its cameras will be arriving at the space station as part of the Space X-30 Commercial Resupply Mission (CRS) to the ISS. Then, once aboard, Sen’s payload ...
The Electronics Weekly team share some fingerposts - their picks of the week, in terms of announcements, developments, product releases, quotes or anything else in the wide world of electronics that caught their eye...
The Electronics Weekly team share some fingerposts - their picks of the week, in terms of announcements, developments, product releases, quotes or anything else in the wide world of electronics that caught their eye…
SpiderOak, the satellite cybersecurity specialist, has announced a successful demonstration of its OrbitSecure technology for communications with the International Space Station (ISS). Specifically – using an Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Snowcone edge computing device provided by Axiom Space – SpiderOak’s OrbitSecure software was used aboard the ISS. The system demonstrated sending and receiving secure ops traffic between ground and low-Earth ...
Russia is to pull out of the International Space Station (ISS) according to the head of Roscosmos Yury Borisov. Speaking to President Putin as reported by the Kremlin, Borisov said: “You know that we are working within the framework of international cooperation at the International Space Station. Undoubtedly, we will fulfil all our obligations to our partners, but the decision ...
Japanese space startup GITAI will be carrying out a demonstration of its space robotics technology outside the International Space Station (ISS) in 2023. Specifically, the company has announced it will demonstrate – working with Nanoracks – the capabilities of its autonomous robot when mounted external to the space station on the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock. Based in Tokyo and Los Angeles, ...
Sony America, has officially formed a new company – Sony Space Communications Corporation (“SSC”) – to better enable space optical communications for micro satellites. The problem the company is addressing is that while the amount of data used in orbit is increasing every year (with ever more satellites in space) the amount of available radio waves is limited “Low Earth ...
Sierra Space – a recent spin-off from Sierra Nevada Corporation – has announced $1.4 in Series A funding, its first capital raise. It was, according to the company, the second-largest ever private capital raise in the aerospace and defense sector, globally. The investment was led by General Atlantic, Coatue and Moore Strategic Ventures, with participation from funds and accounts managed ...
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