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Abaco Systems has introduced a SOSA-aligned Open VPX 3U video graphics and GPGPU card. Powered by an Ada Lovelace architecture Nvidia RTX 5000 GPU, with 16Gbyte of GDDR6 ECC memory, GRA117S is designed to support AI and deep learning. 9,728 Cuda cores, 76 RT cores, and 304 Tensor cores are implemented, and there is support for AV1, H.265 and H.264 ...
Redwire is expanding its in-space drug development programme as it launches a new version of its PIL-BOX technology for a cancer-detection experiment. To complement the existing PIL-BOX platform, the Florida-based space infrastructure company is launching a high-volume Industrial Crystallizer. It says it will be capable of processing samples of 200 times the volume of current levels. It says the crystallizer ...
As chief technologist at Nasa’s Science Mission Directorate, Carolyn Mercer seeks out technologies that can change how science missions are executed both in space and below oceans. Interview by Caroline Hayes. Carolyn is the chief technologist at Nasa’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD). Her department develops and operates missions for astrophysics, heliophysics, Earth science, planetary science, biological science and fundamental physical ...
Biomass, a flagship satellite developed in the UK for the European Space Agency, is set to become the first in the world to measure, in 3D, the condition of the Earth’s forests from space. Biomass Specifically, the satellite will assess “terrestrial carbon stocks and fluxes from an altitude of 666km above the Earth”. And it is due to launch today ...
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), the startup planning to launch from the SaxaVord spaceport in the Shetlands, has appointed a new CEO: Indulis Kalnins. He will be the new chairman of the company’s management board, and Prof. Dr. Kalnins succeeds Dr. Stefan Tweraser. Kalnins will lead RFA to achieve the first launch of its three-stage rocket RFA ONE. Technical progress The ...
Chunghwa Telecom of Taiwan is partnering with San Francisco-based Astranis to bring a dedicated microGEO satellite to support Taiwanese communications. The satellite will launch by the end of 2025, with full bandwidth availability next year. It will be the first communications satellite ever exclusively dedicated to Taiwan. It will provide a real-time backup amid “evolving global uncertainties”, says Astranis. Specifically, ...
Redwire has won the contract to provide four docking mechanisms for the European Space Agency’s habitation module for the Lunar Gateway (the Lunar I-Hab). The lunar-orbiting outpost is the NASA replacement for the International Space Station. It will involve living quarters, laboratory space, and mission support infrastructure. Basically, supporting astronauts conducting long-duration missions including, potentially, a future human mission to ...
The official inauguration of the African Space Agency (AfSA) has taken place at its headquarters in the Egyptian Space City, a 123-acre site in Cairo. The ceremony involved representatives from the African Union Commission, various African governments, national space agencies, AfSA Council members, and international space organisations. The inauguration of AfSA came just before the start of the NewSpace Africa ...
The UK government has demonstrated an anti-drone radio frequency directed energy weapon. “It uses high frequency radio waves to disrupt or damage critical electronic components inside drones, causing them to crash or malfunction,” according to the government, which tested the weapon in West Wales. The “systems can defeat airborne targets at ranges of up to 1km and are effective against ...
Blue Skies Space, a space science data specialist, has won a contract from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to investigate designs for a fleet of satellites to orbit the Moon and map the early universe. RadioLuna Project “RadioLuna” aims to uncover whether a fleet of small satellites in a lunar orbit could detect faint radio signals from the universe’s earliest ...
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