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ICEYE signs up to provide imagery for Copernicus satellite programme

The Finnish satellite imagery specialist ICEYE has signed up to participate in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Copernicus Earth observation satellite programme. The company, which specialises in the persistent monitoring of the Earth with radar satellite imaging, has agreed to become a “Contributing Mission” to the programme. What this means is that Copernicus services will ...

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Northrop Grumman to design SIGINT sensor prototype for U.S. Air Force

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force to design a next-generation signals intelligence (SIGINT) sensor. It will be used for high-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms Under the Air Force’s Global High-altitude Open-system Sensor Technology (GHOST) programme, the company will deliver a design of a prototype sensor. This will ...

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Satellite-based Earth Observation data market worth $1.6 billion

Euroconsult, a consultancy specialising in the space sector, has released its assessment of the commercial demand for Earth Observation (EO) satellite-based imagery and value-added services. It’s latest report covers eight regions and across nine vertical markets. The headline figures include the commercial market for EO data standing at $1.6 billion, in 2020, which represents a ...

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Eutelsat raises shareholding in OneWeb, now second largest

Eutelsat, the Paris-based satellite operator, has increased its stake in OneWeb to 23%, making it the second largest shareholder. It exercised a call option on a portion of the latest OneWeb funding round subscribed by Bharti, for a consideration of $165 million, taking its shareholding from 17.6% to 22.9%. The Indian company is the largest shareholder ...

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IET selects first female Chair in its 150-year history

Dr Carol Marsh OBE – the Deputy Head of Electronics Engineering at the aerospace company Leonardo – has been selected by members of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Council to chair the organisation. The decision makes her the first female Chair of the IET in its 150-year history. Her tenure will run until ...

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US DoD seeks ideas for hybrid space architecture to rideshare satellites

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking ideas for enabling possible government use of commercial satellite networks. Specifically, it is seeking submissions for a “hybrid space architecture” to integrate commercial space sensor and communications capabilities with U.S. Government space systems”. Commercial satellite manufacturers representing the remote sensing, communications, PNT, and integration services sectors ...

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Euroconsult announces finalists for 2021 Finspace competition

The Finalists have been announced for Euroconsult’s 5th annual Finspace competition, and they include the Glasgow-based R3-IoT. Euroconsult is a consultancy specialising in the space sector. Launched in 2017 as part of the World Satellite Business Week, its Finspace pitch initiative “recognizes and celebrates the most promising start-ups and forward-thinking innovators and disruptors across the ...

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Raspberry Pi Pico-compatible UDOO KEY hits Kickstarter goal

Described by SECO as the world’s most flexible AI platform, the UDOO KEY is a single-board based on the Raspberry Pi RP2040 and ESP32, and is aimed at Edge AI projects. It enables machine learning applications using TinyML, TensorFlow Lite, MicroPython, C add C++. The board comes in two versions: UDOO KEY and UDOO KEY ...

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Elektra Awards 2021 shortlists announced

Electronics Weekly is proud to reveal the shortlists for this year’s Elektra Awards, the industry’s largest technology and business awards. The judges have deliberated, debated and discussed, and this year’s extremely high calibre of entries has yielded a phenomenally strong list of finalists. You can view the full shortlist below. The 2021 Elektra Awards will ...

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Lockheed Martin completes SBIRS GEO-6 missile warning satellite

Lockheed Martin is highlighting it has completed the U.S. Space Force’s latest missile warning satellite ahead of schedule – the SBIRS GEO-6 is ready for launch, after finishing production nearly a month ahead of schedule. The satellite – Lockheed Martin’s sixth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit missile warning vehicle – is now in ...

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