Canada is to contribute to the Atmosphere Observing System (AOS) mission led by NASA, a multi-satellite initiative to help improve extreme weather prediction, climate modelling, and the monitoring of disasters. Canada’s contribution – involving two instruments and a satellite – is estimated at more than $200 million, with launches slated to be in 2028 and ...
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Described as the “UK’s Premier IoT Show, from Sensor to Cloud”, Hardware Pioneers Max is on 25 October 2022 at the London Business Design Centre. Topics covered in the show include embedded vision, IoT security, Edge AI, FPGA technology, power management and sensing technology, and it also features an exhibition (you can see the full ...
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The UK’s Defence Select Committee has delivered a damning report on the country’s space efforts entitled “Defence Space: through adversity to the stars?” Among its findings, it calls for the creation of a Minister for Space “to provide direction, drive and accountability for this and other critical space programmes”. It also found that Whitehall governance ...
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Taking the form a competition, the UK Science Minister Nusrat Ghani has unveiled the opening of a £15 million fund to encourage UK businesses to innovate around the use of satellite communications technology. Specifically, the UK Space Agency (UKSA) is hoping for ideas on creating new satellite constellations, ground systems or the delivery of new ...
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OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company that is merging with Eutelsat, has launched a “Connectivity and Beyond” challenge, which is supported by the European Space Agency (ESA). The company is inviting engineers, industrial partners, academics, and research professionals to present innovative applications to make best use of its satellite constellation. The company ...
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Edinburgh-based rocket company Skyrora has attempted to launch its suborbital Skylark L rocket from a site in Langanes, Iceland into space. It marks, says the company, another milestone on its way to commercial viability, following on from a successful 2nd stage static fire test of their orbital rocket, Skyrora XL, in the summer. The goal ...
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Viasat’s bid to buy Inmarsat has suffered a further setback and delay. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided to deepen its investigation of the deal. The companies were given a short time to allay the “Phase 1” concerns of the regulator but it has now decided to advance to “Phase 2” and ...
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Last chance to register for our next webinar: Securing the IoT supply chain, which is taking place tomorrow, in association with Crypto Quantique. The date and time is: Tuesday 25th October, 16:00 GMT / 11:00 EST Featuring: Crypto Quantique, Intel, Codasip Register for the webinar » The Internet of Things (IoT) sector recognises the importance ...
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Nasa has commissioned two companies to “explore and demonstrate communications and navigation services” in Near Space, to help Artemis missions to the Moon: Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) USA and SpaceLink Corporation. KSAT, the Norwegian ground segment specialist with offices in Denver, has been awarded a fixed-price milestone-based contract worth $161,638. And SpaceLink, the inter-satellite data ...
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Project Kuiper, Amazon’s satellite broadband service, is finally taking shape with the announcement of the launch of two prototype satellites, Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2. The satellites will be launched, in “early 2023”, on United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket and they will test system performance in space. Amazon has been planning to launch a ...
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