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L3Harris becomes Space ISAC’s newest founding member

L3Harris Technologies, the aerospace and defence specialist, has joined the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) as its newest founding member. Praveen Kurian, Space Superiority general manager in the company’s Space and Airborne Systems segment, will serve on the Space ISAC board of directors. The mission of Space ISAC is “to disseminate timely and ...

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Digi-Key runs Back2School compo, its 4Students2Win

Digi-Key Electronics is running its annual Back2School Prize Draw sweepstakes, which gives college students a chance win prizes while using real-world tools and resources to learn about engineering. The idea is to help spark ideas for future engineers and the sweepstakes draw is open to any student with a university or college email address. Students ...

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EnSilica opens new design centre, starts recruitment drive

Sheffield is the site of a new design centre for Ensilica, the custom ASIC design and supply services specialist, and the company is also beginning a recruitment drive. The centre is being established around a team of six very experienced engineers, says Ensilica. It adds to the company’s existing headquarters and design facility near Oxford, ...

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ESA’s Meteosat Third Generation heads towards first launch

The third generation of Meteosat satellites (Meteosat Third Generation – MTG) are poised to ensure the continuity of data for weather forecasting for the next two decades, says the European Space Agency (ESA). MTG will improve the current imager capabilities, with real-time lightning imaging and an all-new infrared sounding capability for early detection of severe ...

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OneWeb signs $1bn insurance for remaining LEO satellite constellation

OneWeb, the satellite company partially owned by the UK government, has signed an insurance agreement for an aggregate insured value of more than $1 billion for its LEO satellite launches. The contract is with the New York-based insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh, which has arranged a multi-launch insurance programme. This will cover physical loss ...

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James Webb Space Telescope passes final tests before shipment

The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully completed its final tests and is being prepared for shipment ahead of its launch into space. Specifically, the replacement for the Hubble Telescope – a joint NASA, European Space Agency (ESA) and Canada Space Agency (CSA) – will now be shipped to its launch site at Europe’s Spaceport ...

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James Webb Space Telescope passes final tests before shipment

The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully completed its final tests and is being prepared for shipment ahead of its launch into space. Specifically, the replacement for the Hubble Telescope – a joint NASA, European Space Agency (ESA) and Canada Space Agency (CSA) – will now be shipped to its launch site at Europe’s Spaceport ...

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Canada, Australia, Japan combine for Moon mining MoU

Four organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on a moon mining rover with a multipurpose robotics arm using virtual reality. It will be for “in situ resource utilization” (ISRU) activities on the Moon. The four are: ispace (including ispace Europe SA), Stardust Technologies, the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and EXPLOR Space ...

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Viewpoint: How AI is changing the way we think about memory

With unprecedented demands on high-bandwidth memory (HBM), Richard Walsh of Samsung Semiconductor Europe considers what the industry needs to do for the next generation of memory technology. The wonder that is HBM has been on a steady journey over the past few years. Performance, power efficiency and speed have all improved incrementally over time. Until ...

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Digi-Key signs up with Red Pitaya for @HOME kit

Digi-Key Electronics has signed a global distribution partnership with Red Pitaya. The distributor will offer the programmable test and measurement instrument specialist’s @HOME kit. It’s based on the Red Pitaya STEMlab 125-10, which is all-in-one open-source board, designed to be able to replace 12 benchtop lab instruments. The kit was created specifically for professors and ...

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