The following document has just been released from IDTechEx, Cambridge, UK 5G has two new frequency bands: sub-6 GHz (3.5 – 7 GHz) and mmWave (24 – 100 GHz). 5G […]
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) opens a new high-powered microwave laboratory
U.S. Air Force and community leaders cut the ribbon for the new High-Power Electromagnetic Effects and Modeling, or HPEM, Facility at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate during […]
Thales Alenia Space to start MicroCarb’s instrument integration … a first for Europe’s atmospheric carbon monitoring mission
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has completed the assembly, integration and testing (AIT) of the MicroCarb satellite platform, and is now ready to […]
Hypernova to demo electric propulsion tech in-orbit via EnduroSat’s Space Service
Hypernova will validate its proprietary, plasma electric propulsion system on-orbit on EnduroSat’s Platform-2 — the launch is scheduled for December of 2022 on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-6 mission. With support […]
Astroscale extends AAC Clyde Space order by GBP 0.611 M to remove end of life space debris
Astroscale Ltd. has extended its order from AAC Clyde Space for its end-of-life space debris removal service, ELSA-M, with additional hardware and functionality valued at GBP 0.611 M (approx. SEK […]
Satellite demand to quadruple over the next decade
The latest update of Satellites to be built and launched released this week by Euroconsult forecasts a fourfold growth in the number of satellites driven by commercial constellations. The market […]
Canadian technologies on their way to the Moon
One December 11th at 2:38 a.m, ET, two Canadian technologies launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket onboard the Japanese ispace Mission 1 to the Moon. Canadensys Aerospace Corporation (Canadensys) […]
Raising €26 million in funding is Cailabs for their optical ground and laser comms business
The space sector is currently undergoing a real revolution, with the number of satellites in orbit expected to exceed 100,000 by 2030. Consequently, laser communications are set to grow exponentially […]
UPDATE 6: NASA’s Artemis I mission draws to a successful close
NASA’s Artemis I mission came to a successful conclusion on December 11th with the splashdown and recovery of the Orion spacecraft — this mission was an uncrewed, integrated flight test […]
UPDATE 2: ispace’s HAKUTOR-R mission 1 successfully launched by SpaceX
On Sunday, December 11 at 2:38 a.m. ET, SpaceX launched ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1 and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Lunar Flashlight to a lunar transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex […]