Space

The North American subsidiary of GomSpace Group AB signed a contract on 7 February 2020 valued at 4.5 MSEK (approximately US$465,000) with the University of Arizona to deliver satellite elements and related services to support their CatSat high-gain antenna mission.

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, built by Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage, UK, was launched on board a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V space launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 23:03hrs Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 9 February 2020 (04:03hrs GMT, 10 February 2020). As planned, the spacecraft …

The latest attempt by Iran to indigenously launch one of its domestically-built satellites has failed, the latest in a string of unsuccessful satellite launches due to engineering problems, poor management, sabotage, or a combination of all of these.

Azerbaijani satellite operator Azercosmos and Infostellar, the Japanese Ground Segment as a Service provider, signed an agreement to enable Infostellar customers access to their satellite constellations from the Azercosmos Ground Station (AGS), located in the Absheron peninsula. The agreement was announced on 6 February 2020. AGS’ location is uniquely positioned …

More than 200 speakers and 1300 attendees touched base at #DLD20 - Digital -Life-Design. For the 16th time, “Europe‘s hottest conference” brought together the most influential opinion-makers, industry leaders, start-ups, and digital giants in Munich, on January 18-20, 2020. The topics ranged from AI, Social & Politics, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Digital & Technology to Art & Design. The overall theme was - What are you adding?

Accion Systems announced on 4 February 2020 that it is raising US$11 million in Series B funding in a funding round co-led by Boeing HorizonX Ventures and Shasta Ventures. This Series B round brings Accion’s total funding to date to US$36 million, which includes US$14 million in U.S. Department of Defense and NASA contracts.

Investment in the design and development of space science missions results in between £2.5 and £4 in returns for each £1 invested, a new UK report shows.

Global communications company OneWeb announced its successful launch of 34 satellites aboard a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Maxar Technologies has been chosen to manufacture Intelsat 40e, a next-generation geostationary communications satellite scheduled to launch in 2022. Maxar will integrate NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) payload with the Intelsat 40e satellite.

Barbara Belvisi is the CEO and founder of Interstellar Lab, a company that builds space-inspired villages here on Earth. Before starting such an unusual venture, she worked as an investor and co-founded a few STEM initiatives in Europe - namely Hello Tomorrow and Hardware Club.