The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has awarded £650,000 to Northumbria University to continue its work to develop what it describes as the first commercially available laser-based inter-satellite communications system. Their CubeSats use lasers, instead of radio frequency, for data transmissions with more capacity and security. And the aim is to develop an “off the shelf” ...
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The circular connector specialist binder has released rectangular-flange M12 connectors with multi-position, lockable A-coding. The two-piece M12 panel mount connectors – with square-flange housings and multi-position, lockable A-coding – aim to simplify secure sensor/actuator connections, in applications such as factory automation and robotics. binder writes: The 763 series includes M12 A signal connectors equipped with ...
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The US communications company Viasat is to acquire the London-based Inmarsat, with a view to building a global, hybrid space and terrestrial network, providing broadband and IoT services. The transaction is valued at $7.3 billion, with Viasat using $850 million in cash, approximately 46 million of its shares (valued at $3.1 billion) and the assumption ...
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Digi-Key Electronics is launching a new video series called “Supply Chain Transformed”, highlighting the stops a product makes from design to production, including its route through warehouses, manufacturing facilities and shipping processes. The first video in the series – available now – is “Components at the Source”. Asking the question How did these products get ...
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Redwire – the Jacksonville, Florida-based space infrastructure company – has bought Techshot, a U.S. specialist in biotechnology in microgravity, bioprinting, and on-orbit manufacturing. According to Redwire, the acquisition is part of its strategy towards in-space manufacturing in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). This area, it believes, will “directly impact the sustainability of future human spaceflight and ...
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a Boeing application to develop, deploy, and operate 147 non-geostationary (NGSO) broadband satellites. The plan – when the V-band Constellation is complete – is to provide high speed data access to consumers on a global basis, starting with the U.S. The constellation will consist of 132 low ...
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MicroCarb is a UK-France mission that will be dedicated to monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide, and the UK Space Agency (UKSA) has provided new funding for the initiative it has announced. Dr Paul Bate, Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency, and Laurence Monnoyer-Smith, Director of Sustainable Development of the French space agency, CNES, signed an ...
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The readers of Electronics Weekly can decide the destination of this year’s University Research Elektra Award, which is sponsored by RS Components. The magazine’s editorial team has selected six research projects from the last year as the shortlist, for your consideration, and you are invited to vote for the one you think will make the largest ...
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Isotropic Systems, the Reading-based developer of multi-link satellite connectivity, has highlighted the completion of simultaneous multi-orbit antenna field tests for its antenna system. The second phase tests were carried out in conjunction with SES, the Luxembourg-headquartered satellite telecommunications provider, and the UK company declared this “a game-changing development empowering a new age of connectivity” on ...
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We are delighted to say – after a pandemic pause for a year – that we are launching EW BrightSparks 2022, our annual programme to highlight the brightest and most talented young electronics engineers in the UK today. We have teamed up again with RS Grassroots to showcase young talent within the industry. EW BrightSparks ...
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