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L-coding options expand binder M12 connector range

The industrial circular connector specialist binder is extending its range of M12-type connectors, with L-coding and dip solder contact options. Addressing the IIoT – and the hybrid transmission of high data rates or high power levels – binder has expanded its M12 portfolio with panel mount connectors featuring L-coding (for device supply with 63V (DC) ...

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BAE Systems recruiting 100 engineers for Tempest and Dreadnought in Brough

BAE Systems has launched a recruitment drive for 100 engineers, which it describes as a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’. Positions involved include design, mission systems, integration and software disciplines, and the roles range from apprentices and graduates to experienced posts and management. The aerospace company says it is recruiting engineers for its site in Brough, Humberside “in ...

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BAE Systems recruiting 100 engineers for Tempest and Dreadnought in Brough

BAE Systems has launched a recruitment drive for 100 engineers, which it describes as a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’. Positions involved include design, mission systems, integration and software disciplines, and the roles range from apprentices and graduates to experienced posts and management. The aerospace company says it is recruiting engineers for its site in Brough, Humberside “in ...

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UK Space Agency allocates £50m for satellite comms projects

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is looking to fund “ambitious and innovative projects” to boost the UK’s satellite communications industry, to the tune of £50 million. The funding is part of the wider Advanced Research in Telecommunications Services (ARTES) programme, which is overseen by the European Space Agency. It addresses a wide range of projects, ...

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UK Space Agency allocates £50m for satellite comms projects

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is looking to fund “ambitious and innovative projects” to boost the UK’s satellite communications industry, to the tune of £50 million. The funding is part of the wider Advanced Research in Telecommunications Services (ARTES) programme, which is overseen by the European Space Agency. It addresses a wide range of projects, ...

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Synspective, Insight Terra combine for IoT platform with satellite SAR data

Synspective, the Tokyo based SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite data specialist, and London-based startup Insight Terra are partnering for a space-enabled data and monitoring system for the mining industry. They’ll be working to provide a product combining Insight Terra’s cloud-based IoT Insight Platform with Synspective’s analytical models of SAR data. Satellites and earth observation coupled ...

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ClearSpace space debris removal raises €27m Series A

ClearSpace, the Swiss–based space debris removal startup, has raised a further €26.7 million in a series A financing round. With the latest financing, the company says it will be ramping up operations ahead of its ClearSpace-1 mission. This is scheduled to launch in 2026 and is backed by €110 million of funding secured from the ...

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Drone Test and Development Centre opens in Westcott

A Drone Test and Development Centre (DTDC) has opened at Westcott Venture Park near Aylesbury, in a project funded by the Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership. The Satellite Applications Catapult has agreed a lease with the site’s owners to run the newly developed drone test facilities. The goal is to enable drone operators and companies to ...

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Swedish Esrange Spaceport opens for European orbital launches

Sweden has officially inaugurated Spaceport Esrange as an orbital launch site, which already hosted rocket testbeds, high altitude balloon research and a civilian satellite ground station. With Spaceport Cornwall having hosted a launch attempt by Virgin Orbit – and Spaceport SaxaVord, in the Shetlands and Spaceport Sutherland not far behind – Esrange will become another ...

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Space comms specialist buys UK space startup TXMission

CesiumAstro, a space comms specialist based in Austin, Texas, has bought the UK startup TXMission, which develops software-defined radios and modems for satellites, ground stations and HAPS (high-altitude platform systems). It says TXMission’s portfolio – communications waveforms and hardware products – will complement its own product lines. Specifically, the Quest and Connect software-defined radios built ...

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