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Sofradir's Tropomi Detector Lifts off on Sentinel-5P Satellite

Oct 18, 2017

Sofradir of Palaiseau near Paris, France – a subsidiary of Safran and Thales that makes infrared (IR) detectors for aerospace, defense and commercial markets – says that its detector Tropomi is among the instruments launched on ...

Tags: Sofradir, IR detectors

CSEM, NREL and EPFL Raise Silicon-Based Multi-Junction Solar Cell Efficiency Record

Aug 30, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology CSEM (Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique) and EPFL (école Polytechnique ...

Tags: Solar Cell, Microtechnology

Sofradir Developing 2048X2048 15μM-Pitch Swir Detector for Space Observation

Jun 19, 2017

Sofradir of Palaiseau near Paris, France – a subsidiary of Safran and Thales that makes cooled infrared (IR) detectors for military, space, scientific and industrial applications – is developing its first very-large-format ...

Tags: Sofradir, IR

Airbus Defence and Space Awarded Third Contract in 18 Months for GaN-Based Satellite Amplifiers

Jul 12, 2016

Airbus Defence and Space, which is reckoned to be the world's second largest space company (and a division of Airbus Group, Europe's top defence and space enterprise), has won its third contract in 18 months for its latest gallium nitride ...

Tags: GaN HEMT, SSPAs, Navigation Satellites

Tampere Granted €2.5m to Develop III-V Solar Cells with up to Eight Junctions

Apr 5, 2016

The European Commission's European Research Council (ERC) has granted €2.5m to professor Mircea Guina of the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at Tampere University of Technology (TUT) to apply new technology in solar cell ...

Tags: III-V multi-junction solar cells

Russian Cosmonaut Breaks World Record of Total Days in Space

Dec 29, 2015

A Russian space capsule landed safely in Kazakhstan, bringing home a three-person crew from the International Space Station, including a record-breaking Russian cosmonaut. Russia's Gennady Padalka, Andreas Mogensen of the European Space ...

Tags: World Record, Total Days in Space

British Astronaut Says He Has A Spectacular Life up in Space

Dec 28, 2015

The first Briton on board the International Space Station, Tim Peake, has been giving his initial impressions of space during a news conference. He arrived on the space station just three days ago with two other astronauts, one from Russia ...

Tags: British Astronaut, Spectacular Life

The Transmitter Is Used Routinely to Return Mission Imagery to The Ground

Jun 29, 2015

What is decribed as the first European-made device based on gallium nitride (GaN) to be sent into space has completed its second year of operations. Hosted by the European Space Agency (ESA) on its Earth-observing Proba-V mini-satellite in ...

Tags: European-made device, gallium nitride

Sofradir Delivered 24 Swir to ADS for The ESA Sentinel-2 Mission

Jun 25, 2015

Sofradir of Palaiseau near Paris, France, which makes cooled infrared (IR) detectors based on mercury cadmium telluride (MCT/HgCdTe), indium antimonide (InSb), quantum-well infrared photodetector (QWIP) and indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) ...

Tags: IR Detectors, infrared detector

Arklu Is Showcasing Its New Range of Lottie Dolls

Jan 30, 2015

New line the result of collaborations with the European Space Agency, TrowelBlazers and the Girls Leadership Institute. Arklu is showcasing its new range of Lottie dolls at Spielwarenmesse 2015, including the ‘Gold Collection’ ...

Tags: women archaeologists, palaeontologists, geologists, Toys

Nammo Successfully Tested Its Large Hybrid Rocket Motors in Its Norwegian Test Site

Dec 15, 2014

Bloodhound Project’s rocket partner Nammo has successfully tested its large hybrid rocket motors in its Norwegian test site which is expected to power Bloodhound Supersonic Car. The supersonic car is expected to be equipped with ...

Tags: Engine, Supersonic Car

NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory Has Seen a Fast-Moving Pulsar Escaping

Feb 19, 2014

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has seen a fast-moving pulsar escaping from a supernova remnant while spewing out a record-breaking jet—the longest of any object in the Milky Way galaxy—of high-energy particles. The pulsar, a ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Jet

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Has Passed Its First Significant Mission Milestone 2014

Feb 10, 2014

(Phys.org) —NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has passed its first significant mission milestone for 2014—a Spacecraft Critical Design Review (SCDR) that examined the telescope's power, communications and pointing control ...

Tags: Telescope, Webb Space Telescope

Invotec Group Is Delighted to Announce That It Has Been Formally Awarded ESA Approval

Jan 22, 2014

Invotec Group, Europe’s leading manufacturer of time critical, high technology PCBs, is delighted to announce that it has been formally awarded ESA approval – the first PCB supplier to achieve such approval in many years. The ...

Tags: PCB, Invotec Group, ESA, Invotec pride

Gaia-ESO Project Has Provided Evidence Backing up The Chemical Composition of The Stars

Jan 21, 2014

A breakthrough using data from the Gaia-ESO project has provided evidence backing up theoretically predicted divisions in the chemical composition of the stars that make up the Milky Way's disc – the vast collection of giant gas ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics

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