On Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at 10:50 pm local time (01:50 UTC on Thursday, April 29), a Vega launch vehicle operated by Arianespace lifted off successfully from the Guiana Space […]
Optics
Roman Space Telescope Could Image 100 Hubble Ultra Deep Fields at Once
One of the Hubble Space Telescope’s most iconic images is the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, which unveiled myriad galaxies across the universe, stretching back to within a few hundred million years […]
EMCORE Now Shipping Their Optiva NexGen L-Band Fiber Optic Links
EMCORE Corporation (Nasdaq: EMKR) is now shipping their Optiva OTS-1LNG Next-Gen L-Band fiber optic links featuring extended bandwidth for native S- and C-band from 50 MHz to 6 GHz. These […]
Thales Alenia Space Providing The Mirror Assembly Module Demonstrator for ESA’s ATHENA Mission
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with ESA worth 2.8 million euros for the study, design, manufacture and test of the ATHENA Mirror Assembly Module Demonstrator. ATHENA (Advanced Telescope […]
UPDATE: Looking @ The Cosmos With Virtual Reality
Mechdyne Corporation is providing a 70 million pixel virtual reality display to the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Pasadena, California — the unique, overhead curve of the […]
Dragonfly Aerospace’s HR-250 Imagers Heading To EOS DA
Dragonfly Aerospace has concluded an agreement with Earth Observing System Data Analytics (EOS DA) — Dragonfly Aerospace will be delivering two of their HR-250 high-performance, multi-spectral imagers to EOS DA. […]
L3Harris Completes The Primary Mirror For NASA’s Roman Space Telescope
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has completed figuring, polishing and coating the primary mirror for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, formerly known as the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, bringing the […]
Space Ready Optics for Satellite Data Relay Systems
Optical systems used in satellite data relay systems also have to meet additional basic requirements to survive the harsh environment of space.