10 March 2015
ARTES and the world of satcoms
... addressing various market and R&D requirements. These include a Laser Communications Terminal for high data-rate optical LEO-to-GEO links... the assembly hall and using an off-the-shelf laser tracker for precise localisation of the gondola. Changes on...
28 September 2016
Yorkshire mines to help shed light on life on Mars
...for Mars in 2020. The spectrometer is a powerful, laser based, analytical tool that provides information on the molecular ...minute changes in the light that is scattered back from the laser. The differences in wavelength and colour that is seen in the...
December 2014
Skolkovo and a new breed of Russian space startups
... by entrepreneurs Dmitry Tsetlin and Sergey Rebrov, creates laser modules for rocket engine ignition systems. The company ... a Skolkovo Foundation grant to enable the testing phase of laser modules for rocket engine ignition systems. Below right: Lin...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
...Mercury is planned for launch in 2017; DLR is contributing the laser altimeter BELA as well as the infrared spectrometer MERTIS. Starting in...gas giant and its moons. DLR will contribute the laser altimeter GALA and key components of the camera system....
February 2017
Protecting our space interests
...developed powerful ground-based and airborne radar and high-energy lasers as part of its ballistic missile defence programme. These ... ‘ADR’ means Active Debris Removal. Less powerful lasers can be used to temporarily blind reconnaissance satellites in...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
... wavelength radars; GPS radio occultation; mass spectrometers; gamma ray and X-ray spectrometers; and optical communication lasers that can be used for occultation. That’s quite a rich suite of science instrumentation that reflects the investment...
