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LeoLabs tracks new financing to address LEO “Data Deficit”

The Californian-based LeoLabs, a commercial provider of low Earth orbit (LEO) mapping and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services, has raised further funding. Specifically, the company has closed a $65 million Series B financing round jointly led by Insight Partners and existing investor Velvet Sea Ventures. It is seeking to improve its services for tracking small ...

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Replica ExoMars rover completes its first simulated drive

ESA reports that its replica ExoMars rover is fully assembled and has completed its first drive around the Mars Terrain Simulator at ALTEC, in Turin. The Ground Test Model (GTM) will be used in the Rover Operations Control Centre to help support future mission training and operations. It had already completed important commanding tests while ...

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Digi-Key supplies Startups Survival Guide

Digi-Key Electronics is launching a microsite and help manual – a Startups Survival Guide – dedicated to helping startups become established. The startup site contains resources, tools and knowledge Digi-Key has built from its own experience of working with thousands of startups. The manual, called the Startups Survival Guide, is the second edition based on ...

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Jaxa ball-shaped robot to explore lunar surface

Jaxa, the Japanese Space Agency, has confirmed that it intends to use a transformable lunar robot to obtain data about the Moon’s surface. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans to obtain data on the lunar surface , the regolith, via a small shape-changing robot. The data collected, it says, will aid the design for ...

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South Korea signs up for Nasa’s Artemis Accords

Boosting the prospects for lunar exploration, South Korea has become the 10th country to sign up to Nasa’s Artemis Accords. The accords are intended to be a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among the various nations participating in NASA’s lunar exploration plans. Pictured, the Republic of Korea’s Minister of Science and ...

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Nordic launches tiny footprint nPM1100 power management IC

Nordic Semiconductor has launched a tiny footprint, ultra low IQ power management IC for nRF52/nRF53 Series SoCs – the nPM1100. It combines a USB compatible input regulator, 400mA battery charger and 150mA DC/DC buck voltage regulator in a 2.075 x 2.075mm WLCSP. The company’s first power management product, it is described as a generic PMIC ...

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binder locking clips meet demands for snap-in

The industrial circular connector specialist binder has announced locking clips for its 620 and 720 Series. The accessory provides extra security and safety for snap-in connectors. The 620 and 720 Series are subminiature and miniature connectors designed for use in automation engineering and medical applications. These markets are seeing a growing demand for fast-acting mating ...

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ESA signs UK’s Isotropic Systems for next-gen satellite connectivity

Isotropic Systems, a specialist in next-gen satellite connectivity, has been awarded a development contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), supported by the UK Space Agency (UKSA). The Reading-based company will receive €18.5m to develop its multi-beam, high-bandwidth broadband terminal technology. The agreement supports “the development of all major components of Isotropic Systems’ multi-beam terminals ...

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ESA appoints Surrey Satellite to lead Moonlight telecoms initiative

The European Space Agency has announced its Moonlight initiative, to provide telecommunications and navigation services for future missions to the Moon. Two consortia have been selected to create the necessary commercially viable constellation of lunar satellites, designed to enable sustainable space exploration. Surrey Satellite Technology will lead the first consortium, both through its lunar services ...

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Scotland, Wales, Cornwall – we have Spaceport lift-offs

New regulations to be put in place by the UK government should officially pave the way for commercial space launches from UK soil, from spaceports in Scotland, Wales and England. The government has tabled legislation – The Space Industry Regulations – that it believes will “help propel the development of commercial spaceflight technologies”, from traditional ...

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