With the successful launch of Nasa’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover from Cape Canaveral, Teledyne Imaging is highlighting that its CCDs are integrated into remote sensing instruments on board the exploratory system. The Mars 2020 mission is part of a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet, including looking for signs of past microbial ...
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Harting has released the Han 1A rectangular series of connectors, aimed at Ethernet-based data networks in the industrial arena. They are described as compact, lightweight and versatile connectors in a rectangular plastic housing, suitable for shielded (e.g. control cabinets) and unshielded settings. Harting says the series is particularly well suited to connecting decentralised devices and ...
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Virgin Galactic, the spaceflight company which is looking to provide flights for space tourists, has shown off the cabin interior of its first SpaceshipTwo vehicle, VSS Unity, in a virtual event. The company is hoping to create demand for thousands of trips on suborbital flights. Features the passengers can expect include 12 cabin windows for ...
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Mouser Electronics is highlighting that it is stocking the Arduino Portenta H7, which is aimed at the professional maker and industrial markets. It was launched at CES 2020 at the start of the year. The board is powered by an STM32H747XI dual Cortex-M7+M4 32bit low power MCU (you can read the datasheet), with the radio ...
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Chelmsford-based Teledyne e2v is highlighting the role of its CCD image sensors in successfully capturing the first light image of the JPCam camera element of the JST/T250 telescope. The system recorded the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), located 2.5 million light years away. The company has congratulated the Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón ...
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A new National Space Innovation Programme will provide £15 million to support “pioneering ideas” in the UK space sector, it has been announced. The initial funding is for projects related to Earth observation, communications and international partnerships, says the UK Space Agency. “The UK space sector is a huge economic success story, growing by over ...
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Binder has expanded its Harsh Environment Connector (HEC) series 696, adding flange and cable variants with built-in protective conduit adaptation. The industrial circular connector specialist highlights that applications include all types of outdoor electronic systems, mobile factory technology and sectors such as agriculture and construction. binder writes: “The integrated sealing function of the protective conduit ...
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Airbus Defence and Space has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to extend the Skynet satellite fleet with Skynet 6A, supporting military communications systems. The value of the contract for the new satellite is reported to be £500 million. The agreement covers the development, manufacture, cyber protection, assembly, integration, test and ...
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NASA has set a new date for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, from French Guiana: 31 October 2021. The original date – March 2021 – has been affected both by the Covid-19 pandemic and also technical issues. The decision was based on a recently completed schedule risk assessment of the remaining integration ...
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The European Space Agency’s European Data Relay System has gained its second data-relay satellite, EDRS-C. The ESA describes this system – dubbed the “SpaceDataHighway” – as the most sophisticated laser communication network ever designed. EDRS-C helps Earth-observing satellites to transmit large quantities of date to Europe in near-real time. This is the second operational node ...
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