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Surrey NanoSystems’ Vantablack S-IR enhances performance of cryogenic baffle assemblies

April 8th, 2025 Posted in News

Vantablack, a carbon nanotube coating from Surrey NanoSystems in the UK, has proven to be a breakthrough solution, achieving an unprecedented high level of light suppression at -269°C in a Fourier transform spectroscopy module used by ABB, a globa...

Niparo Summit on Space Sustainability 2025

Heriot-Watt University to host International Space Sustainability Leadership Summit

April 2nd, 2025 Posted in News

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, today confirmed plans to host The Niparo Summit on Space Sustainability on 21-22 May 2025, featuring leaders and influencers from across the international space sector. The Niparo Summit is at the forefront o...

Airbus to land Europe’s first rover on Mars

March 29th, 2025 Posted in News

Airbus is set to land the first European rover on the red planet, as it wins £150 million to complete the touchdown system delivering the rover safely to Mars. The new contract, awarded by the European Space Agency and funded by the government thr...

Aqualunar Challenge astronaut design branded

Lunar microwave to purify water frozen in Moon’s soil wins UK Space Agency’s Aqualunar Challenge

March 27th, 2025 Posted in News

The Aqualunar Challenge is an international prize for technologies to purify ice frozen in the Moon’s soil to make human habitation on the lunar surface possible. SonoChem System by Naicker Scientific named winner for its innovative use of microwa...

Telespazio UK awarded ESA contract to develop Proof-of-Concept of SOOP with Broadband Satcom Signals in Ku/Ka bands

March 27th, 2025 Posted in News

As part of the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NavISP), Telespazio UK has been awarded the €800,000 contract to develop a Proof-of-Concept of Signals of Opportunity (SOOP) with Broadband Satcom Signals in...

Viasat selected to design Lunar Orbiting Satellite System alongside Telespazio

March 25th, 2025 Posted in News

Viasat to lead the lunar orbiting satellite communications portion of ESA’s Moonlight Programme, alongside Telespazio and a host of other European and UK companies. Project creates Europe’s first lunar orbiting satellite network. Viasat, Inc. (NAS...

UK science uncovers mysteries of dark universe with Euclid data

March 19th, 2025 Posted in News

Cutting-edge UK research is benefiting the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission, with new data released today (19 March) set to uncover the secrets of dark energy and matter. The wealth of new data from the mission – described as the ultimate di...

Space-Comm Expo 2025 confirmed as UK’s largest and most influential space industry event

March 18th, 2025 Posted in News

Over 5,400 delegates, 190 exhibitors and 200 speakers from across the global space industry attend Space-Comm Expo 2025 at ExCeL London 11-12 March Space-Comm Expo 2025 recorded a record number of delegates, speakers and exhibitors from over 50 na...

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