Discover the latest ESA news featuring the European Space Agency’s contributions to electronics design and space exploration technology. Electronics Weekly highlights ESA’s innovations in satellite systems, communication platforms, and semiconductor technologies developed for extreme environments. Major milestones include new mission launches, collaborations with aerospace companies, and advancements in microelectronics for deep-space missions. As ESA extends its global impact, its cutting-edge research and engineering breakthroughs continue to influence broader markets, including automotive, defense, and scientific industries.
The European Space Agency has signed Tyvak International to further develop Farinella. This is a 6U CubeSat that will support ESA’s RAMSES planetary defence mission to the near-Earth asteroid Apophis. The passing asteroid apparently offers an opportunity for scientists to observe how Earth’s gravity may affect the structure and behavior of an asteroid. In turn, this will help improve models ...
The choices cover the award of the IEEE medal of honour, Elon making plans for space development, and EECL winning an ESA contract for qualification services...
'Legs made for a Mars landing' is how the European Space Agency introduces this one: the testing of a full-scale model of the ExoMars landing platform.
Astroscale UK has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the agency’s IRUS (In-Orbit Refurbishment and Upgrading Service) project. The Phase A contract has a value of €399,000 (£350,000) and will involve an eight-month study. This is to develop the technical groundwork, and commercial case, for in-orbit refurbishment and upgrading services. Specifically, Astroscale team will explore how robotic ...
A Danish-led ESA project will pave the way for the manufacture of electronics directly on the Moon. The goal is to reduce future lunar missions’ dependence on supplies from Earth. Future lunar missions face a fundamental challenge: the high cost and difficult transport of materials from Earth. Now, a new project supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) will demonstrate ...
ClearSpace, an in-orbit services company, and the European Space Agency (ESA) have started their Prelude mission. This is developing space technology for both in-orbit life extension and active debris removal (ADR). It involves both advanced space manoeuvres and relative navigation technologies, for craft to work together in-orbit. For example, two small spacecraft will be working together in orbit. As well ...
Irish quantum computing startup Equal1 has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to install one of its computers – the Bell-1 Quantum Computer – at the agency’s facilities. The novel computer, to support Hybrid Quantum Computing (HQC), will work at ESA’s Φ-lab in Frascati, Italy. It will be as part of its Quantum Computing for Earth Observation (QC4EO) ...
Five space UK projects, looking to enable Earth Observation for public services, have been awarded £2.5 million. It follows a joint ESA InCubed/UKSA (UK Space Agency) funding call. The selected projects cover monitoring public infrastructure, helping farmers support wildlife and observing greenhouse gases. Another project builds a database of agricultural and biodiversity markers, and the fifth will use satellite data ...
Nammo UK has been confirmed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Thales Alenia Space to supply the main engine for the Argonaut Lunar Lander to support Nasa’s Artemis programme. The announcement was confirmed on Thursday 20 November at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, at a signing ceremony with Daniel Neuenschwander, director of human and robotic exploration of ...
SBQuantum has won a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide quantum sensors for Earth Observation. The company is developing quantum diamond magnetometers capable of providing readings from space. The technology will help collect data around fluctuating ocean currents and temperatures. And also changes to Earth’s magnetic field. Funded through ESA’s FutureEO Programme, the deal is worth nearly ...
