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Solar power farms of the future could be enhanced through the use of space reflectors to increase the energy output, University of Glasgow researchers suggest.

Qualinx, known for its work in ultra-low power wireless tracking and connectivity semiconductors, has formed a partnership with the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA).

The UK is aiming to join Portugal and Spain as a member of the Atlantic Constellation and is contributing a new pathfinder satellite designed and built by a UK-based company adding to the innovative Earth and coastal monitoring and data sharing network.

The UK Space Agency (UKSA), established in 2010, is a pivotal organisation in the British space industry.

A UK scientist instrumental in founding the Gravitational Wave Research Group at the University of Birmingham has been honoured in the New Year Honours, recognising contributions to space science alongside other prominent UK astronomers.

Satellite launch company RFA UK (Rocket Factory Ltd) has received £3.5 million to support its plans to launch from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands.

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications experiment has transmitted an ultra-high-definition video from 19 million miles away.

Proba-3 will achieve, for the first time, a high-precision formation flight between two platforms in space, demonstrating the feasibility of technologies that will allow large telescopes sharing distant elements to be developed.

New funding for satellite Earth Observation technologies, which are critical to improving humanity’s understanding of our planet and its climate, is now available for UK organisations.

SCHURTER presented its latest product line at this year's electronica trade fair in Munich: high-performance, prismatic supercapacitors, or supercaps for short.The innovative energy storage devices were very well received by trade visitors and set new standards in the industry with a thickness of just 0.4mm. SCHURTER thus offers the world's thinnest supercaps with high power density.