Keeping connectors secure in space ~ Exploring the different challenges connectors face in each stage of a space mission ~ Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket experienced a launch failure leading to the loss of seven satellites. A higher resistance in one…

According to Space Skills Alliance, 58 per cent of organisations in the space sector expect to increase their headcount over the next three years, yet 46 per cent say staff recruitment is a major barrier to their growth. Of late,…

Voyager Space (Voyager), a global leader in space exploration,  and Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus), the largest aeronautics and space company in  Europe, today announced an agreement paving the way for a transatlantic joint venture to  develop, build, and operate…

BAE Systems plc – Proposed acquisition of Ball Aerospace BAE Systems plc (“BAE Systems” or the “Company”) announces that it has entered into a definitive Stock Purchase Agreement to acquire the Ball Aerospace business from Ball Corporation for c.$5.55bn in…

Teledyne e2v Space Imaging, part of the Teledyne Technologies, is proud to have designed and built sensors for Aeolus, the first ESA satellite mission to acquire profiles of Earth’s wind on a global scale. Named after the Greek god of…

Fast steering mirrors to support fibreless photonics;  Today’s world is constantly hungry for ever increasing speeds of communication, and we have largely replaced the slow and limited copper-based links of the past with rapid fibre optic technologies. This has undoubtedly…

The space industry is moving forward with confidence and is hungry for collaboration as it heads towards the second half of 2023. In a recent research report conducted by Space-Comm Expo, the UK’s largest commercial space sector exhibition, 57% of…

Opportunities for businesses in Cumbria to diversify into the space industry are being brought to the region next month. iSH, the Industrial Solutions Hub, is hosting Space Week across West Cumbria from June 26-30. Businesses, schools and individuals are invited…

Construction Begins at Sutherland, the UK Mainland’s First Vertical Launch Spaceport : £14.6 Million Public Investment Package Confirmed for Carbon-Neutral Spaceport Project Orbex has announced that construction has begun at Sutherland Spaceport (formerly known as Space Hub Sutherland) in Scotland,…