Author Archives: Alun Williams

Spaceport Cornwall to host UK’s first satellite launch this summer

The UK Government has announced the first UK satellite launch, to take place this summer, with “Prometheus-2” taking off from Spaceport Cornwall, in Newquay. The Defence Procurement Minister, Jeremy Quin, has announced two Cubesats will be carried on Virgin Orbit’s Launcher One rocket (pictured), taking off horizontally from a modified Boeing 747 jet, named Cosmic ...

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Virgin Galactic postpones suborbital space flights to 2023

Virgin Galactic is delaying the launch of its VSS Unity suborbital space flights service, citing supply chain issues and “labor Constraints”. It says the launch of the commercial service is now expected to move out from Q4 2022 to Q1 2023. The VSS Unity test spaceflights are expected to complete in before the end of ...

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DARPA seeks in-space demonstration of nuclear thermal rockets

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking proposals for an in-space demonstration of the use of nuclear thermal rockets. Specifically, DARPA is after proposals for Phases 2 and 3 of its DRACO (Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations) programme, which is for the design, development, fabrication, and assembly of a nuclear thermal ...

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DASA seeks GAN human augmentation proposals

The UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is launching a new Innovation Focus Area (IFA) called “Human Augmentation”. It will focus on solving “operational challenges”, for UK defence and security applications, where physical human performance is the limiting factor for delivering operational effects, says DASA. The IFA is now seeking proposals – to a value ...

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Selection panel for EW BrightSparks decide Class of 2022

Our partners for EW BrightSparks, RS Components, hosted the ‘Judges Meeting’ at the end of last week, to deliberate on the excellent entries received this year and make the final selection for the Cohort of 2022. We will be contacting those involved in the coming days, but the class of 2022 will be made public ...

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James Webb Space Telescope fully focused in space

Alignment of the James Webb Space Telescope is now complete, reports the European Space Agency (ESA). An international partnership between NASA, ESA and CSA, the system has now passed a full review and is deemed capable of capturing well-focused images with each of its four onboard science instruments. Apparently, the optical performance of the telescope ...

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binder 770 NCC series connects with medical market

The industrial circular connector specialist binder is aiming its 770 NCC series also at the medical market. NCC stands for Not Connected Closed, and when mated they meet the requirements of IP67 making them dust-tight and protected against temporary submersion, binder writes. “The series is mainly designed for use in industrial and healthcare environments where ...

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Two-brained Lord appointed as UK Space Agency Chair

The UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has appointed Lord David Willetts as Chair of the UK Space Agency’s Board. Willetts has previously served as Minister for Universities and Science, and held Chair and Board positions across the space and science sector. For example, he was Chair of the British Science Association, member of the Space ...

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Elektra Awards 2022 open for entries

The Elektra Awards 2022 have officially opened for entries with a mission to once again highlight and celebrate the brightest and best technical and business achievements in the UK and European electronics market. This year’s entry deadline is Thursday 14 July, giving time to gather the information and ideas to enter your company, your products ...

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ESA’s Space Environment Report deems space usage unsustainable

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released its 2022 Space Debris Environment Report, an annual summary of the state of space. The report finds that humans’ behavior in space is improving but is still unsustainable in the long term. Specifically, while technology improves our ability to spot and track smaller fragments of space debris, not ...

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