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Lockheed Martin opens STAR Center manufacturing for Orion spacecraft

Lockheed Martin has officially opened its Spacecraft Test, Assembly and Resource (STAR) Center, an advanced manufacturing facility to expand Orion spacecraft production. The STAR Center, says the company, will expand manufacturing, assembly and testing capacity for NASA’s Orion spacecraft programme and support future space exploration. The 55,000 square-foot space – in Titusville, Florida – will ...

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ESA, NASA combine efforts on understanding climate change

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Nasa will be making joint best efforts to help study climate change, they announced after formalising a partnership in this area. They say they will be working together to ensure that data from Earth-observing satellites are used to their best advantage, through the monitoring of the Earth and its ...

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Northrop Grumman finalises contract for NASA Gateway habitation module

Northrop Grumman has finalised its contract with NASA to provide the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module for NASA’s Gateway, the next-generation replacement for the International Space Station. Under the terms of the $935 million contract, Northrop Grumman will complete the design and development activity currently underway and will also be responsible for integrating HALO ...

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Google works out ML inference stack for Android

Aimed at mobile-based machine learning, Google has announced what it calls the Android ML Platform. The company describes it as an updateable, fully integrated ML inference stack and its first partner working in this area will be Qualcomm. Developers will get a “consistent API that spans Android versions”, promises the search giant, with regular updates ...

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UK Space agency seeks ideas for debris removal missions

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has extended the deadline for its Active Debris Removal call for study proposals, with up to £800,000 in funding available to develop ideas for space debris removal missions. The agency is looking to develop ideas for space debris removal missions, and it has extended the cut-off point from midnight 13 ...

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Seraphim Capital targets UK space tech unicorns

Seraphim Capital, a London-based investment group focused on the Space sector, has invested £2 million into two UK companies – Isotropic Systems and Commodities AI – ahead of a space investment trust IPO. Isotropic‘s flat panel antennas aim to deliver mesh networking satellite communications capabilities by connecting to any satellite in any orbit. Seraphim states ...

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OneWeb names Innovation Challenge 2021 winners

OneWeb, the UK government-owned low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company – has announced the winning entries in its open Innovation Challenge 2021. The challenge was “to create new innovations, products, and solutions for small satellite technology”. It was run in association with the UK Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the UK ...

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Relativity Space announces new factory headquarters

Relativity Space, the company that 3D prints an entire rocket, has announced a major expansion of its operations in Long Beach, California. It has taken on a new, one million square foot headquarters factory at the Goodman Commerce Center, Long Beach, a former Boeing C-17 manufacturing plant. The company describes it as one of the ...

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Digi-Key polishes Online Returns and Order Issues Portal

Digi-Key Electronics has announced that it has launched an enhanced online returns and order issues portal for customers. The updated portal now offers allows international customers to fully self-service returns, including printing return shipping labels, making corrections, submitting part shortage requests, and resolving order issues. It’s a more user-friendly model says the company. “This revamped ...

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Astrocast expands its nanosatellite IoT network

Astrocast has expanded its IoT constellation, launching five more nanosatellites satellites on its SXRS-5 Spaceflight mission, onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. They have reportedly been successfully deployed and are being commissioned, and it means the Astrocast nanosatellite IoT network now consists of 10 satellites in space. The launch took place 30 June and was ...

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