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Magna Parva wins ESA Low Cost Hybrid Materials Development Contract

December 10th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

10 December 2014 – Leicester-based engineering company Magna Parva Limited has been awarded a contract by ESA to develop novel materials for use in space which will provide improved protection against radiation and micrometeorites.

Send your computer code into space with British ESA astronaut Tim Peake

December 10th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

10 December 2014 – Leading UK space organisations have joined forces with British ESA Astronaut Tim Peake and Raspberry Pi to offer students a chance to devise and code their own apps or experiment to run in space.

SSTL announces first small geostationary satellite platform for Eutelsat

December 8th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

8 December 2014 – An innovative small geostationary satellite platform from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd has been selected for the first “Eutelsat Quantum” class telecommunications spacecraft, due to launch in 2018.

Airbus Defence and Space: 63rd successful launch in a row of Ariane 5

December 6th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

6 December 2014 – Ariane 5 has been successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana, for the 63rd time in a row, once again confirming the reliability of the European launcher developed and built by Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s numb...

UKspace welcomes the Chancellor’s support for the UK space industry

December 3rd, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

3 December 2014 – UKspace, the space trade association, today welcomes the Chancellor’s commitment to invest key space programmes which will maintain UK leadership in key industrial capabilities.

Airbus Defence and Space adds BGAN service to its M2M Proximity platform

December 2nd, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

2 December 2014 – Airbus Defence and Space has announced the addition of BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) M2M (Machine-to-Machine) devices to its Proximity M2M platform.

First image download over new gigabit laser connection in space

November 29th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

28 November 2014 – The first ever gigabit transmission via laser of imagery between the radar sensor on Sentinel-1A and Alphasat satellites, the latter built by Airbus Defence and Space, has taken place successfully.

CGI awarded £2.8m Iris Precursor contract by Inmarsat

November 26th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

26 November 2014 – CGI has today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Inmarsat for the safety systems development, integration and IT security services of Iris Precursor, which will support data communications between the pilot an...

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