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Alta Devices’ Solar Cells Power Cubesat Mission

Aug 8, 2018

Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA (a subsidiary of Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd of Beijing, China since 2014) says that its solar cells have powered a CubeSat mission by Twiggs Space Lab LLC (TSL), NearSpace Launch Inc (NSL) and their ...

Tags: solar cell, Alta Device

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

GlobalFoundries Unveils Roadmap for Next-Generation 5G Mmwave Applications

Oct 17, 2017

GlobalFoundries of Santa Clara, CA, USA (one of the world’s largest semiconductor foundries, with more than 250 customers and operations in Singapore, Germany and the USA) has announced its vision and roadmap for a range of technology ...

Tags: semiconductor, wireless networks

Ferro Acquires Electronic Packaging Materials Producer ESL

Nov 14, 2016

Functional coatings and color solutions provider Ferro has acquired electronic packaging materials producer Electro-Science Laboratories (ESL). The deal included the payment of $75m excluding customary adjustments and fees for the ...

Tags: electronic packaging, Ferro

Multi-Junction Si Solar Cell Efficiency Exceeds

Nov 12, 2016

Silicon-based solar cells dominates today’s solar energy industry, while this technology has difficulty in bringing the conversion efficiency beyond 23% for commercialized solar cells in mass production. In order to break the ...

Tags: Solar Cell, solar energy

MIT and Masdar Develop Photovoltaic 'step Cell'

Sep 9, 2016

A team of researchers at the USA's Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates has developed a new solar photovoltaic 'step cell' that combines two ...

Tags: MIT, step cell, Masdar

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

VSAT Shipments to Nearly Double by 2020

Jun 27, 2016

Spurred by new technology and architectures, very small aperture terminal (VSAT) applications are evolving from enterprise connectivity and video to competitive wireless broadband alternative, notes the Strategy Analytics Advanced ...

Tags: GaN, VSAT, CAGR

Automotive Consortium to Apply F1 Technology to Make Cars Lighter

Apr 6, 2016

An innovative research project has received a share from UK government’s £38.2m prize to include Formula 1 technology to make family cars lighter, more fuel efficient and help plug-in vehicles to improve mileage. A consortium ...

Tags: F1 Technology, Family cars, Fuel efficient, Plug-in vehicles

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

Advantech Wireless Launches Solid-State Power Amplifier for Satellites Operating at 12.75-13.25GHz

Feb 14, 2016

Advantech Wireless Inc of Montreal, Canada (which manufactures satellite, RF equipment and microwave systems), has launched a SapphireBlu solid-state power amplifier/power block (SSPA/SSPB), based on second-generation gallium nitride (GaN) ...

Tags: RF equipment, microwave systems

China Launches HD Earth Observation Satellite

Dec 29, 2015

China on Tuesday launched its most sophisticated observation satellite, Gaofen-4, as part of the country's high-definition (HD) earth observation project. Gaofen-4 was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern ...

Tags: HD Earth Observation Satellite

China Builds Ground Service Center for Satnav System

Dec 28, 2015

A ground data center that will support China's independent satellite navigation system was given the go-ahead Friday to offer location based services (LBS). Located in central China's Henan Province, the center features 63 data stations ...

Tags: Ground Service Center, Satnav System

China Launches Country's First Dark Matter Satellite

Dec 18, 2015

China sents into space the country's first Dark Matter Particle Explorer Satellite on Thursday. [Photo: weibo.com] China on Thursday sent into space the country's first space telescope in a fresh search for signals of dark matter, ...

Tags: Dark Matter, Satellite, DAMPE

Scientists Kickstart Global Light Pollution Mapping Project Based on ISS Photos

Nov 12, 2015

Scientists are tapping into photographs taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to reliably measure the amount of light pollution worldwide. This study not only includes the well-known signatures of cities and ...

Tags: LED street lights, Light Pollution, ISS Photos

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