July 2014
Space technology transfer portals and the chance progress of innovation
...an expanding network of Business Incubator Centres across Europe where new, competitively selected companies can establish themselves... Transfer Network, a series of broker companies across Europe that are tasked with reaching out to non-space...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
...beginning to be tested, may be a cheaper competitor to Vega (Europe), Taurus and Minotaur (US), and GSLV (India) – while being ... stake in the “lighter launches” category. In Russia, Europe, India, China and Japan, government-owned satellites will be...
October 2015
Growing space businesses in the UK: from incubation centres to public funding
...UK as a good place to establish a business base and are setting up operational sites as gateways into the rest of Europe. Business growth for space companies inevitably translates to new technology development, whether it’s new hardware, software and...
February 2016
A Self-Deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments (SHEE)
... between January 2013 and December 2015. The first deployable habitat simulator to be designed and constructed in Europe, SHEE was developed by a consortium of seven partners led by the International Space University. The consortium included...
November 2018
Pole star rising
...ESA certificates in space-qualified electronics assembly, it will become a unique facility of this kind in Central-Eastern Europe, and in Europe in general. The umbilical release mechanism (URM) for the ExoMars rover provides an electrical connection...
November 2018
Purpose, promise and power – video from space
... free data is already out there – particularly thanks to Europe’s new Sentinel satellites. Built and launched by the European ... or direct ground monitoring is not obtainable. Daily video Europe’s new Sentinel satellites are generating a mass of free...
