SBQuantum is celebrating a pair of new contracts with government space agencies: the European Space Agency (ESA) and the the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The Canadian company – based in Sherbrook, southern Quebec – is developing quantum diamond magnetometers capable of providing readings from space. ESA For the ESA, the company has been contracted to evaluate the viability of using ...
The UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency (ESA) say they will build together on the success of the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT), which employs 100 people in Harwell. Specifically, they will aim to strengthen work on the centre’s 5G/6G hub with a focus on satellite telecommunications. The agencies say they will also explore the ...
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Return Orbiter – the first spacecraft that will rendezvous and capture an object in space, to bring the first Mars samples back to Earth – has passed a key milestone. The agency says the critical design review for the spacecraft’s platform has been completed, with the involvement of European industry partners and NASA. The ...
The European Space Agency’s Φsat-2 mission is aiming to push the boundaries of AI for Earth observation. Due to launch in the coming weeks, the Φsat-2 satellite (pronounced PhiSat-2) is equipped with a multispectral camera and AI computing to analyse and processes imagery in real-time. The promise is for smarter and more efficient ways of monitoring our planet AI capabilities ...
We're talking democratising chip design, training for Imec's 2nm PDK, 402Tbit/s down standard optical fibre, and ESA's Zero Debris charter...
The European Space Agency (ESA) has reaffirmed its commitment to Zero Debris satellites, by the year 2030, with three European space companies signing contracts to develop large LEO satellite platforms conforming to its Zero Debris standards. The aim is to significantly limit the proliferation of debris – in Earth and Lunar orbits – by 2030, for all future missions, programmes ...
Lego Space Bricks? We've featured Lego many a times on Gadget Master, and space posts too, so what better than a combination of the two: Lego Space Bricks!
IENAI Space has raised €3.9 million during its latest funding round to develop its electric propulsion technologies. The Madrid-based startup said the latest round of investment brings the total funding of IENAI to €7 million. The investors included the Spanish companies Inveready, WA4STEAM, DPM, GED Conexo Ventures, and CDTI, a Spansih government backed investor that matches private investment. Following the ...
Test this! It's the ESA Copernicus Sentinel-5 instrument, which has been delivered to Airbus in France ready to be installed on the first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite.
Twelve countries have signed up to the the Zero Debris Charter, an initiative of the ESA and EU Space Council. It is intended to solidify their commitment to long-term sustainability of human activities in Earth orbit. To improve space safety and and sustainability, the charter aims for signatories to stop generating space debris by 2030. As well as the UK, ...
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