Airbus Crisa has been involved in providing key electronics and software for the Near-InfraRed multi-object SPECtrograph (NIRSpec), one of the instruments delivered by ESA for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) developed by NASA as the heir to Hubble. These elements form an essential part of the telescope control performed with the JWST mainframe, so throughout the programme we worked side by side with the NASA and ESA teams, in a very fluid collaboration.
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El astronauta de la ESA Thomas Pesquet (izquierda) y el astronauta de JAXA Aki Hoshide (derecha) realizaron una caminata espacial el domingo 12 de septiembre para preparar otra sección de la Estación Espacial Internacional para la actualización de su panel solar. Los nuevos paneles solares, llamados IROSA o ISS Roll-Out Solar Array, se están instalando gradualmente sobre los paneles existentes para impulsar el sistema de energía de la Estación Espacial Internacional. Thomas y el astronauta de la NASA Shane Kimbrough prepararon e instalaron dos paneles solares IROSA en tres caminatas espaciales en junio. Las matrices se tomaron de su área…
La Feria Internacional de la Defensa y Seguridad (FEINDEF), que va a celebrar su segunda edición los próximos días 3, 4 y 5 de noviembre de 2021 en IFEMA (Madrid), se presenta como el foro de referencia que engloba al sector de Defensa y Seguridad en España, para innovar, cooperar internacionalmente y compartir el conocimiento entre empresas, instituciones, universidades y otros organismos, como respuesta global a la seguridad.Esta segunda edición tendrá lugar en los pabellones 8 y 10 de IFEMA y se centrará en las tecnologías duales como pilar fundamental para el futuro de Europa. Más de 31.000 m2, alrededor…
DAS Photonics is ending the demonstrator of the RETINA Project which aims to develop several key RF-photonic building blocks, designing, fabricating and testing: multi beam TTD phased array antennas for X band, a photonic integrated beamforming network, novel configuration active X band antenna array and miniaturized space grade components and subsystems. RETINA integrates such building blocks in a test bed proving the suitability of the architecture in a SAR scenario for 64 beams, demonstrating a flexible SAR payload for missions requiring flexible frequency plans, channelization and dynamic coverage operation.
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), a company from the United Arab Emirates, has selected GMV to supply essential ground elements such as the control centre and the flight dynamics system for its sixth satellite, the Thuraya 4-NGS. The project is based on GMV’s vast experience thanks to its line of operational products: Hifly®, FocusSuite® and Flyplan.
Telespazio Iberian will soon renew the Galileo system user support activities under the operations contract, which it has been providing at the Galileo Service Centre since 2017. Telespazio’s contribution focuses on Galileo adoption, assisting the user community, market analysis and research into new services. This activity is vital given the exponential growth of Galileo usage, which already counts more than two billion devices.
INSTER’s conference at UNVEX focused on the future evolution of the UAV-Fulmar, which will incorporate new sensors whose data will be integrated into a central unit with artificial intelligence, multiplying the degree of efficiency of the UAV. Among the sensors to be incorporated are the new frontal and panoramic cameras, with lenses specially designed for this platform, a synthetic aperture radar air-to-air and ground-to-air, a radio direction finder, as well as beyond line-of-sight communications using the new LEO satellite constellations.
The Spanish operator has started a pilot project with Correos to connect those offices located in towns with difficult access to Internet. This pilot will initially be developed in six locations and could be extended to other rural service points with connectivity difficulties. Thanks to this connectivity, the aforementioned offices will be able to join the Correos computerized network and, in this way, improve their efficiency and agility and expand their service offering.
SENER Aeroespacial is participating in ESA’s Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) mission to monitor the condition of plants from space. SENER Aeroespacial is responsible for the Instrument Optical Module Structure (IOMS) of the FLORIS scientific instrument. The IOMS includes the Optical Bench Assembly (OBA) and the Thermal Hardware (THW). In addition, SENER Aeroespacial in Poland is developing the container to transport FLORIS, which forms part of the Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE) for this space mission.
A key milestone in our transformation process we have launched new workspaces specially designed to provide us with a flexible environment fostering multidisciplinary work, collaboration and exchange. This new lay out with our projects as its core, provides with a more comfortable working environment, allows for optimised ways of working and visibly places the customer at the centre of our daily tasks.
