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...
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...
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...
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...
15 March 2017
Zero 2 Infinity successfully launch Bloostar from the edge of space
...twice the cruising altitude of commercial airplanes – 25 kilometres – a controlled ignition from the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA) in El Arenosillo (Huelva, Spain), set the rocket on its way. The rocket, formally known as Bloostar...
05 May 2017
Will CubeRover revolutionise planetary surface exploration?
...offshoot company from Carnegie Mellon University, Astrobotic Technology is a lunar logistics company that delivers ...which has transformed the economics of Low Earth Orbit satellite technology and allowed even school and university groups to take ...
