Tag: Sensors
From 20 to 22 March 2024, ESA’s Future Space Transportation preparation programme (Future Launchers Preparatory Programme – FLPP) hosted the ESA Space Transportation Pitch Week: a series of virtual events exploring new technological concepts for space transportation.
In line with...
Syrenna, a current incubate of ESA BIC Norway, has developed a new type of autonomous underwater vehicle called a “WaterDrone”, able to collect vast amounts of ocean data to monitor the health of its ecosystem. The team has successfully...
Revolv Space is a startup currently incubated at ESA BIC Noordwijk and working towards the goal of maximising mission return for small satellite constellations. The aerospace engineers who founded Revolv have developed an autonomous and fail-safe solar array drive...
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has said that despite recent concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), there is no need to pause its development. Speaking at the GEOINT 2023 Symposium, Mark Munsell, director of the Data and...
The US Border Patrol has said that Earth observation data would be useful in improving situational awareness around things like washed out trails and changing tactics used by illicit actors near the border. Dan Steadman, assistant chief of the...
In mid-2022, total installed wind power in Europe amounted to 220GW, of which 28.3GW was offshore. The European rankings for total accumulated installations are topped by Germany, followed by Spain, the UK, France and Sweden, with Germany and Spain...
Bremen startup “Flucto” uses location and time data from Galileo GNSS to make the installation of offshore wind farms easier, faster and safer. Now in its third year, the company has just graduated from the ESA BIC incubation programme...
L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a contract to provide Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) with advanced Geostationary (GEO) imaging and sounding instruments to monitor and predict severe weather events. The contract, which was announced on April 13, is with Mitsubishi...
Acktar announced completion of its preparations for the industrial scale production of foils coated with its Metal Velvet™ ultra-absorbing black coating for use over the entire spectrum from the EUV through the FIR. This light blocking material can now...
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