September 2023
Satellite manufacturing - building to size, speed and security
... low-latency threat warning and situational awareness information worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms. Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator (PTD-3) breaks the record for the fastest space-to-ground optical link at 200 gigabits per...
11 May 2018
Revolutionary X-Ray navigation system to be used on CubeSat mission
...beyond. Before that though, scientists want to use the technology on a CubeSat mission to characterise the composition of ...is called the Station Explorer for X-ray Timing and Navigation Technology, or SEXTANT, for short, works in a similar principle...
08 May 2019
Tests start on first design of 'wafer scale' spacecraft
...,” added Rupert. This slim, round disk, no bigger than a flattened muffin case, is being developed to use photonic technologies, I.e lasers, to propel it through space at relativistic speeds – a similar concept that has been proposed for the light...
22 February 2019
NASA selects experiments for possible lunar flights in 2019
... initiated the request for proposals leading to these selections as the first step in achieving a variety of science and technology objectives that could be met by regularly sending instruments, experiments and other small payloads to the Moon. “This...
05 March 2019
New British spaceflight company set for launch
... to correct that. Britain is now at the forefront of a burgeoning space race, with companies like Black Arrow Space Technologies spearheading the way. The Company is developing a rocket system, fuelled by Liquid Oxygen and Liquified Natural Gas...
June 2022
Patent protection for space manufacturing
... scale manufacturing in space is prohibitively expensive. Such reasoning can only hold up for so long. As with all areas of technology, developments over time mean that products become cheaper and more readily available. This has already...
