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 (ESA) is exploring ways to increase the resilience of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). To this end, it has signed an agreement with Leonardo to research and develop Machine Learning (ML) techniques to help better steer antenna arrays to block out unwanted signals. CRPA External interference, such as jamming and spoofing, increasingly threatens to disrupt access ...
The European Space agency has selected Novocomms to be the antenna specialist in a proof-of-concept positioning initiative. It involves sampling broadband satcom signals in Ku/Ka bands for other users to determine their position. These are dubbed Signals of Opportunity (SOOP). The Birmingham-based company will be part of a consortium led by Telespazio UK, in a €800,000 contract. This is a ...
This week we're talking about a standard for the GMSL serial bus, possible fabs in the UAE, a Sony electrical sensing array IC, and the role of “deep tech” in space exploration...
The European Space Agency (ESA) has inaugurated its European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre (ESDI) in Switzerland. It is the first ESA presence in Switzerland. Saying it will boost Europe’s growth and competitiveness, the agency highlighted a growing role of “deep tech” in space exploration. The centre was created in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). The location is the ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) is supporting the launch of CTO’s European-designed and developed 5G mmWave telecommunications infrastructure in low Earth orbit. The agency has signed a memorandum of intent with Constellation Technologies & Operations (CTO), a Paris-based specialist in space-based connectivity services. The organisations will conduct joint experiments in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with a pathfinder satellite. The tests ...
Creotech Instruments has secured a €52 million European Space Agency (ESA) contract to build a Polish satellite constellation for Earth Observation. The work is for Project Camila, which stands for “Country awareness Mission in Land Analysis”. Under the contract, Creotech will provide a national constellation of at least three Earth observation satellites along with dedicated ground infrastructure. The contract also ...
We're talking about using AI to verify complex chip design, a gloomy outlook from Future Horizons, and ESA's spacecraft in millimetre precision formation flying...
The European Space Agency is celebrating its Proba-3 space mission successfully achieving precise formation flying. The space craft involved are on a journey to investigate the Sun’s corona. The agency highlights that, for the first time, two spacecraft in orbit were aligned in formation with millimetre precision. They maintained their relative position for several hours without any control from the ...
Global space exploration investment will reach $31 billion by 2034 estimates a report, Prospects for Space Exploration, by the space consulting and market intelligence firm Novaspace. The report finds that the global government investment in space exploration totaled $27 billion in 2024. And this is projected to grow to nearly $31 billion by 2034. The company believes lunar exploration will ...
Measuring the condition of the Earth’s forests from space, the Women Leaders In Electronics Awards 2025, NXP Semiconductors getting a new CEO, the EU "urgently needs a reality check", and Huawei sampling its Ascend 910D AI processor...
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