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Europe’s first software-defined satellite enters commercial service

The first European software-defined satellite capable of being completely reprogrammed while in space is now in commercial use. Eutelsat’s Ku band satellite, dubbed Quantum – which was launched on 30 July 2021 by an Ariane 5 from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana – has begun its commercial operation (located at 48° East, covering EMEA to ...

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EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Lee Millar

Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Lee Millar, a Senior Fellow at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). ...

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OneWeb, Intelsat partner for LEO and GEO inflight connectivity

OneWeb and Intelsat, the satellite comms companies, have agreed a global distribution partnership to offer airlines multi-orbit inflight connectivity. The agreement will see Intelsat distribute OneWeb’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite services to airlines worldwide together with Intelsat’s existing geo-stationary (GEO) satellite service. The companies – which expect the multi-orbit solution to be in service ...

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EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Callum Middleton

Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Callum Middleton, a Senior Packaging Materials Engineer at the CSA Catapult. Achievement Callum ...

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Space Accelerator programme generates £9 million start-up investment

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has reported on the impact of its Space Accelerator programme 2021/2022, which was launched in March 2021 as a business acceleration programme for “high-potential” entrepreneurs. In total, it awarded £360,000 to the Accelerator and it reports that this “catalysed” a total investment of £8.79 million from other grants and investors. ...

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EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Arturas Matusevicius

Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Arturas Matusevicius, an MSc Electronic Power Engineering Student at the University of Northumbria ...

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u-blox XPLR-IoT-1 explorer kit from Digi-Key speeds prototyping

The XPLR-IoT-1 explorer kit from u-blox is a “ready-to-use development platform” for the IoT in a variety of use cases and applications. The evaluation system is being stocked exclusively by Digi-Key. The kit includes GNSS, cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth technology, along with cloud communications services.  The idea is for an easy out-of-the-box and setup experience, ...

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EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Janesh Luximan

Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Janesh Luximan, a BEng Biomedical Engineering student at King’s College London (KCL) university. ...

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