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Radio frequency components from HUBER+SUHNER have been supplied to Project Galileo, a joint initiative of the EU and European Space Agency (ESA), which has recently gone live.

The u-blox EVA-M8Q, GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) receiver module is now available at Alpha Micro Components. The EVA-M8Q achieves superior positional accuracy by combining signals from up to three navigation satellite constellations simultaneously, but it still fits in a miniature, cost-effective EVA 7x7 mm package.

As research and industry increases the scope of application to include motion simulation, industrial production, precision machining, automotive assembly, image stabilisation, and alignment of opto-mechanical components the usefulness of hexapods or Stewart Platforms grows.

Sandia National Laboratories researchers have shown it's possible to make transistors and diodes from advanced semiconductor materials that could perform much better than silicon, the workhorse of the modern electronics world.The breakthrough work takes a step toward more compact and efficient power electronics, which in turn could improve everything from consumer electronics to electrical grids.

Duke University researchers believe they have overcome a longstanding hurdle to producing cheaper, more robust ways to print and image across a range of colours extending into the infrared.As any mantis shrimp will tell you, there are a wide range of "colours" along the electromagnetic spectrum that humans cannot see but which provide a wealth of information.

A NASA Social was one of several media events at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center focused on GOES-R - the first spacecraft in a series of NASA-built advanced geostationary weather satellites that will provide images of weather patterns and severe storms as regularly as every five minutes or as frequently as every 30 seconds.

For the first time, an optical clock has traveled to space, surviving harsh rocket launch conditions and successfully operating under the microgravity that would be experienced on a satellite. This demonstration brings optical clock technology much closer to implementation in space, where it could eventually allow GPS-based navigation with centimeter-level location precision.

Microsemi announced it is sampling the LX7720 radiation-tolerant motor controller, the newest member of its Space System Manager (SSM) product family. As the industry’s first highly integrated radiation-tolerant motor control IC, the LX7720 significantly reduces weight and board space relative to conventional discrete motor control circuits, offering a unique solution for satellite manufacturers sensitive to area and weight challenges.

The second edition of the INNOspace Masters competition is now set to begin under the theme ‘Space 4.0’. From 14th November 2016 to 13th February 2017, interested participants are invited to submit their ideas and solutions for improving the production and design of satellites, payloads or launchers.

Latest technology has been developed that uses nuclear waste to generate electricity in a nuclear-powered battery. A team of physicists and chemists from the University of Bristol have grown a man-made diamond that, when placed in a radioactive field, is able to generate a small electrical current.The development could solve some of the problems of nuclear waste, clean electricity generation and battery life.