Satellites

A European Electronic Communications (EEC) committee has approved the new Low Power Device-to-Satellite (LPD-S) regulatory framework. The draft decision follows a multi-year initiative by the LoRa Alliance to formalise this LPD-S category. Basically, it formally defines the conditions that low power devices communicating with satellites will need to fulfil. This is for connecting directly to satellites without the need for ...

Teledyne Space Imaging has had its second CCD launch within a week, this time in part of the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-4 space-based air-quality monitoring mission. In the other one, a pair of Teledyne CIS120 sensors launched on GOSAT-GW, Japan’s global observing satellite for greenhouse gases and water cycle satellite Sentinel-4 will be spread across multiple satellites, with this Sentinel-4 ...

A school space club, Astrogazers, has taken a step closer reaching orbit with the help of engineers from the University of Bath. The school – Croydon High School – successfully completed the final stage of live testing their CubeSat satellite for Mission Pegasus. The initiative, encouraging STEM participation, involves the all-girl Astrogazers club. And their prototype CubeSat satellite was carried ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are investigating phase-change as a way to improve heat-sinking in space. Earth-bound heatsinks loose most of their heat by convection – a luxury not available to heatsinks on satellites which can only use radiation. And spacecraft heatsinks cannot be heavy. The research project is looking into situations were heat is not generated continuously, ...

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has launched a major new procurement process to tackle the threat of space debris. It is beginning a £75.6 million tender for a mission to remove defunct satellites from orbit. The proposed Active Debris Removal (ADR) mission, will involve a specially designed spacecraft. It will be equipped with robotic and autonomous navigation technology. This will ...

AmbaSat has unveiled its first populated and functioning AmbaSat 3U CubeSat at the Space North East England Conference in Durham. The space education specialist designs and manufacture Low Earth Orbit (LEO) space satellite kits containing the components needed to launch experiments. And AmbaSat described the event as “a major milestone in our journey”, bringing together work across technology, regulatory and ...

This week we're talking about AI for chip design, Intel considering a focus on its 14A foundry process, and the use of satellite data for public services...

Skynopy, the end-to-end ground station service startup, has raised €15 million in a funding round that includes the French government. Those investing include Alven, Expansion, Omnes and CNES, the French national space agency. Heartcore, the European fund that has previously lead Skynopy’s investments, also participated in the round. This investment supports the startup’s ambition to deploy a global network of ...

The UK Space Agency is providing new funding for projects using satellite data to improve the delivery of public services. The agency is making £2.5 million available to five projects. This was announced at the European Space Agency’s Living Planet Symposium 2025, in Vienna. It follows a joint call for proposals from the UK Space Agency and ESA’s InCubed2 programme. ...

Microchip has introduced a 15W radiation-rated dc-dc converter for space use. Intended to be fed from a satallite’s 28V bus (22V to 42V, 50V abs max), SA15-5-5T has three isolated 5V 1A outputs that can be paralleled for more current or connected in series for higher voltages. Output ripple is <1%, and operation is over-55 to 125°C, with de-rating above ...