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ESA and Estonia to establish Space Cyber Range

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What does a Space Cyber Range look like. We shall find out as the European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen Estonia to host the space security-focused test and development centre. The ESA and the Estonian Space Office aim to make “space technology more secure and accessible for companies across Europe”. “Over the past five years, there has been a significant ...

Electronica: Video Interview – SIGLENT unveils SDS7604A, High-Performance 12-Bit Scope with 4 Channels up to 6GHz

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At Electronica 2024 we caught up with Chris Armstrong, Marketing Director at SIGLENT, and Gnanachaitra Ravali Namini, Application Manager at SIGLENT, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. In this interview, they discusses the SIGLENT SDS7604A. The latest version of this scope introduces several key enhancements compared to its predecessors, they tell us, particularly in terms of frequency ...

Skyrora, Viasat progess InRange space launch telemetry relay system

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In partnership with Viasat and CGI, Skyrora – the Scottish space launch company – has completed a successful ground test of Viasat’s InRange, a space-based launch vehicle telemetry relay system. InRange is designed to provide continuous transmission of telemetry data, from launch to payload deployment. This includes transmission of data beyond the horizon line without relying on ground stations. Basically, ...

Sponsored Content: UNI-T function generators

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Solutions for every user and budget UNI-T is a recognised provider of affordable lab equipment. However, its assortment is also distinguished by a wide diversity and includes solutions designed for professional applications. See below for an overview of the UNI-T product choice, including a strictly specified product range, i.e. function/arbitrary generators. These are some of the most important laboratory instruments ...

Higgs Centre funding helps qualify space hardware

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The Higgs Centre for Innovation, in Edinburgh, is relaunching its Space Testing Facility after upgrading the clean rooms and advanced testing equipment. Funding of £400,000 from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) enabled the change. The aim is to make the centre more accessible to a wider range of space companies and technology SMEs. Facilities The facilities – to ...

Nvidia compares Blackwell and Hopper GPUs on LLM inferencing

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Nvidia has announced results for its forthcoming Blackwell GPU in the latest round of MLPerf industry benchmarks, Inference v4.1. “The Blackwell platform revealed up to 4x more performance than the Hopper architecture on MLPerf’s biggest LLM [large language model] workload, Llama 2 70B, thanks to its use of a second-generation transformer engine and FP4 tensor cores,” according to the company. ...

Quadsat aims to simplify antenna registration

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Quadsat is providing a simplified method of testing for the antenna registration process, the Danish company has announced. This is to test user terminals, including fixed, comms-on-the-move (COTM) and phased array, as well as earth stations across the network. The drone-based testing company says it is working with major satellite operators. This includes a partnership with GovSat to allow all ...

Considerations when designing chips for automotive use

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Challenges faced by automotive chip designers include longer than average expected lifespans and rigorous functional safety standards, explains Paul Martin. The expected lifetime for the vast majority of chips is typically a few years, but chips for automotive use have an expected lifespan of 10 to 15 years, to match the lifespan of the average car, and a supply lifetime ...

Astrobotic sculpts moonscape for spacecraft payload testing

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Astrobotic, a lunar logistics company, has unveiled its Lunar Surface Proving Ground (LSPG) – a constructed moonscape for testing- at its facility in Mojave, California. Measuring 100mx100m, the “high-fidelity 3D test field” mimics the topography and optical properties of the Moon’s surface, said the company. The site will be used for testing spacecraft and rover sensors, for example lunar landing ...

The diverse development of the JTAG port

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The JTAG port was introduced more than 30 years ago, but has changed as the industry has evolved, says James Stanbridge. For some engineers the term JTAG means a device programming port. For others it exists to plug in a microprocessor emulator or debugger. Originally it was devised for neither of these applications. The acronym JTAG stands for the Joint ...