https://spacewatch.global/tag/netherlands-space-office/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 17 Sep 2024 08:28:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/netherlands-space-office/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/09/mda-space-contracts-airbus-for-200-sparkwing-solar-arrays/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 06:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61124 MDA Space Ltd has selected Airbus to supply solar arrays for MDA AURORA TM, the software-defined satellite product line enabling constellations to extend communication networks to every corner of the world. As a result, Airbus will supply more than 200 Sparkwing solar arrays to MDA Space. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/revolv-space-announces-successful-funding-raise/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55511 Revolv Space has raised an investment of 2.6 million euros to revolutionize small satellite capabilities through high-performance mechanisms and power systems. The investment round, which Primo Space Fund led, with participation from Takeoff, will significantly accelerate the company’s growth trajectory. It will also enable the upcoming In-Orbit Demonstration of Revolv Space’s flagship product, SARA, an autonomous and fail-safe Solar Array Drive Assembly that increases the performance of small satellites]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/09/cosines-hyperscout-selected-for-multiple-space-missions/ Mon, 26 Sep 2022 06:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43481 Dutch optical and in-situ measurement space systems provider cosine’s three-in-one instrument combining hyperspectral and thermal imaging with high-level data processing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities, HyperScout 2, selected for the Australian Kanyini satellite mission, is now ready to be integrated into the spacecraft. The launch of the 6U CubeSat is part of the South Australia Space Sector Strategy 2030.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/04/airbus-and-partners-develop-scylight-laser-demonstrator/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 06:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=31734&preview=true&preview_id=31734 Laser focus: Airbus and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) develop a laser communication terminal demonstrator for aircraft, known as UltraAir. The project, which is co-financed by Airbus, TNO and the Netherlands Space Office (NSO), is part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ScyLight (Secure and Laser communication technology) programme, Airbus said. It covers the design, construction and testing of the technology demonstrator.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/01/norwegian-norsat-td-to-demonstrate-european-high-tech/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29942&preview=true&preview_id=29942 Norwegian NorSat-TD to demonstrate European high-tech]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/07/tno-has-signed-a-contract-with-esa-to-start-phase-2-of-tomcat/ Tue, 14 Jul 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=24192&preview=true&preview_id=24192 TNO has signed a contract with ESA to demonstrate cutting-edge optical communication technologies for future terabit-per-second telecom satellites. The TOmCAT project (Terabit Optical Communication Adaptive Terminal) will enable high-throughput laser communication between ground stations and satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/nanosatellite-with-global-mission-tested-for-space/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 05:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23073 The European Space Agency's largest antenna test facility remains operational despite the COVID-19 pandemic, performing pre-flight testing for the latest satellite in a constellation to serve the internet of things.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/08/hiberdrive-brings-new-level-of-control-to-cubesat-market/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 05:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15357 Backed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Netherlands Space Office via the ARTES programme, HiberDrive brings capabilities to CubeSats, previously accessible only to large satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/hyperscout-demonstrates-that-satellite-imagery-can-be-processed-in-space/ Fri, 21 Dec 2018 06:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12047 HyperScout-1, the first miniaturized hyperspectral imager for space, successfully demonstrated that it is possible to process the images that are gathered by a satellite on board. By knowing the position of the satellite and in which direction it points, the instrument knows what it is looking at and can interpret the data, thus eliminating the need to download the data.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/japans-space-bd-signs-agreements-with-isis-and-nanoracks-at-iac-bremen/ Fri, 05 Oct 2018 05:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10695 Space BD, the Japanese New Space startup company specializing in business development of Japanese space technologies and projects, announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Innovative Solutions In Space n.v. (ISIS), to be the distributor of the Dutch company’s small satellite solutions and components for the Japanese market.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/10/sentinel-5p-successfully-launched-monitor-worlds-pollution/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 05:05:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6002 The Airbus-built pollution monitoring satellite Sentinel-5 Precursor has been successfully launched on a Rockot from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia at 09.27 GMT on Friday, October 13, 2017. Sentinel-5 Precursor is part of the Copernicus global monitoring programme, a joint European Commission–European Space Agency undertaking which aims to acquire continuous and accurate Earth observation data […]]]>