Sierra Space has given a boost to the hopes of Spaceport Cornwall to be the landing centre for space vehicles, such as Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser. The US company – headquartered in Sparks, Nevada – is the new commercial space subsidiary of aerospace specialist Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC). It has signed a memorandum of understanding ...
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Amazon has announced the first 10 startups to take part in its Amazon Web Services (AWS) Space Accelerator, with a UK thermal imaging company, Satellite VU, among those selected. The AWS Space Accelerator is a four-week business support programme that is open to space startups. The criteria for entry was “seeking to use AWS to ...
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Relativity Space has announced plans for its Terran R, a fully reusable, entirely 3D-printed launch vehicle. The Long Beach-based company describes it as a two-stage, 216-foot-tall rocket with a 16-foot diameter, and a 5-meter payload fairing Terran R will be designed to be entirely reusable and capable of launching 20,000 kg to low Earth orbit ...
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Rochester Electronics is joining the Digi-Key Marketplace, which started last year to widen access to more product lines. The partnership is intended to address concerns about the ongoing semiconductor shortages. Digi-Key says it anticipates the overall component shortfall in the industry will likely last into 2022, but the Rochester Electronics partnership will help continuity of ...
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Inmarsat has agreed to provide the capacity backbone to deliver the IoT systems of Skylo, a satellite-based narrow-band IoT specialist. The agreement pairs the UK-based Inmarsat’s satellite network with Skylo’s IoT services for connecting machines and sensors. It will, they claim, provide “even the most remotely located application users with real-time, actionable insights”. The companies ...
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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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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 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, 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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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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