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Earth's magnetosphere measured accurately from space
The foundry division of ams AG, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and the Space Research Institute (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) have jointly presented the very promising results of highly accurate measurements of the Earth’s magnetosphere from space, as part of NASA’s ‘Magnetospheric Multiscale’ mission launched in March 2015.
Harwin showcase Mil-Aero connectors at Paris Air Show
Exhibiting on Stand FG176 in Hall 2B at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget, 15th to 21st June, Harwin will demonstrate its Mil-Aero connectors and Datamate, Gecko and M300 high-reliability connector systems which withstand the severe shock, vibration and temperature conditions experienced in satellites, commercial and military aircraft, UAVs and spacecraft.
Satellite successfully launches into space
Following the successful launch of WUSAT-2 satellite earlier this month, Harwin is delighted to congratulate Warwick University. The student-run project, which built and launched a small 10x10x10cm CubeSat satellite into space, relies on high-reliability, miniature connectors from Harwin to provide the vital interconnect used in experimental equipment carried by the satellite.
Evaluation tools enable fast, easy RF testing
NXP has unveiled a set of plug-and play evaluation tools designed to enable fast and easy testing of RF energy applications. The evaluation tools will be demonstratedat the IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2015, booth #1141, at the Phoenix Convention Center.Applications include solid-state cooking, RF sparkplugs, RF plasma lighting, RF heating/drying and medical therapy.
Motor's improved power-to-weight ratio suits atmospheric satellites
Newcastle University has been chosen by Boeing to develop an ultra-lightweightelectric motorfor an upper atmosphere electric aircraft. These spidery fixed-wing aircraft can have the wingspan of a jumbo jet but the weight of a small car. Such 'atmospheric satellites' are being designed to take 10,000lb payloads into atmospheric orbit at 65,000 ft.
50kg micro-satellite achieves 348Mb/s download speed
Recently, 50kg-class micro satellites have been able to observe the Earth’s surface with high resolution, enabling the detection of ground-level objects with a size of several metres. These small satellites, however, cannot currently send large quantities of image data to the ground station, due to power and mass constraints.
Ultracapacitors store energy efficiently & instantly
An energy storage technology capable of providing surges of power on satellites and other spacecraft has been chosen by the European Space Agency (ESA) for possible orbit in 2018. Developed by Skeleton Technologies, this ultracapacitor technology is 60 times lighter and 30 times more efficient than the batteries it will replace.
'World's first' high-symbol-rate satellite demodulator chip
The world’s first 500MBd high-symbol-rate satellite demodulator chip has been released by STMicroelectronics. The STiD135 enables significantly more efficient bandwidth usage and increased throughput in satellite internet provisioning when deployed with transponders aimed at using the higher frequency bands to send data via Ka-band communication satellites.
GNSS module combines GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Galileo & SBAS
A GNSS module that combines GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Galileo and SBAS for the creation of high-performance position reporting and navigation solutions has been released by Telit Wireless Solutions. The SE868-V3 can navigate to -162dBm and track to -166dBm, thereby providing improved performance in harsh environments.
Telemetry controller IC is radiation tolerant to 100kRad TID
A telemetry controller IC, which integrates the required functions in satellite telemetry systems and interfaces with radiation tolerant FPGAs, has been introduced by Microsemi. The LX7730 is the first device to be released from the company’s radiation tolerant Space System Manager (SSM) family of special purpose mixed signal devices.