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Government budgets for space exploration and militarisation hit record levels

Government space budgets – driven by demands for space exploration and militarisation – hit records levels of investment, totalling $92 billion. This is according to Euroconsult, a consultancy specialising in the space sector, which also expects such spending to reach $1 trillion over the next decade. The two major main drivers identified are ambitious space ...

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Digi-Key adds 500 suppliers and 125,000 SKUs in 2021

Digi-Key Electronics is highlighting how it expanded its portfolio in 2021 by adding more than 500 new suppliers across its core business, along with adding more than 125,000 new SKUs in 2021. Some of the key companies added to its portfolio in 2021 include Siemens, Schneider and QuickLogic. The addition of more than 500 new ...

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James Webb Space Telescope sunshield is tensioned and secured

The James Webb Space Telescope team has reported fully deploying the spacecraft’s 70-foot sunshield. NASA describes this as a key milestone in preparing it for science operations. Specifically, at 11:59 a.m. EST Tuesday, the sunshield was fully tensioned and secured into position, which marked the completion of its deployment. The unfolding and tensioning of the ...

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Eutelsat appoints a Danish CEO – Eva Berneke

Eutelsat, the Paris-based satellite operator, has appointed a new CEO with effect from the New Year – Eva Berneke. She joins Eutelsat from being the CEO of KMD, a Danish IT and software company that is now part of the NEC Group. She is credited by Eutelsat with the “transformation of KMD from a mainly ...

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AFRL selects academic winners for Space University Research Initiative

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has announced the winners of its Space University Research Initiative (SURI) funding programme. Newly-established, SURI is intended to be a first step in improving “the transition of critical concepts from academia into revolutionary new military technologies” for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. In March 2021, ...

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Satellite Vu turns to SSTL to become the thermometer of the world

The UK’s Satellite Vu has chosen Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) to build its first satellite to provide high-resolution thermal imagery, which will enable carbon emission monitoring. As a mid Wave Infra-Red (MWIR) thermal imaging satellite, it will be the first of a planned constellation of seven and it is due to be launched into low ...

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Rocket Lab to buy space solar power specialist SolAero

Rocket Lab USA is to acquire SolAero Holdings, the company that has helped power NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and developed the solar panels for the Ingenuity helicopter flown on Mars. Specifically, it is a supplier of space solar power products – both solar cells and solar panels – and precision aerospace structures. Rocket Lab – ...

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Australia, South Korea sign MoU for peaceful space cooperation

Australia and South Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) “to strengthen space cooperation” between the two countries. A meeting between Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and South Korea’s President Moon Jae-In took place earlier this week in Canberra, following on from discussions at the Carbis Bay G7 summit in the UK. The agreements ...

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New Symphonie to study European multi-orbit satellite system

New Symphonie, a consortium of 22 European companies, has won the European Commission call for tenders called “New Space solutions for long-term availability of reliable, secure, cost-effective space-based connectivity”. It will be awarded a six month study contract for a total amount of 1.4m euros. Specifically, New Symphonie will investigate and recommend to the European ...

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SSTL to lead UK Space Agency LEOPARD project for removing debris

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been selected to lead a UK Space Agency study, dubbed LEOPARD, to define the mission requirements to de-orbit two “non-operational space debris” targets. The Guildford-based company specialises in the manufacture and in-orbit operation of small satellites, and it highlighted its experience in two previous Active Debris Removal (ADR) demonstration ...

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