Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with European Space Agency to deliver an end to end solution for the LEO-PNT (Low Earth Orbit Positioning Navigation and Timing) orbit demonstrator. This contract includes the space (5 satellites to be launched),…
Adelaide-based Neumann Space, a specialist in-space electric propulsion manufacturer, has signed a contract with Danish micro satellite manufacturer Space Inventor that will enable it to gain greater access to space as part of its program of In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD). As…
ESA's OPS-SAT nanosatellite. Image: Thales In an ethical hacking exercise in Europe, four Thales cybersecurity researchers managed to introduce malicious code into a European Space Agency (ESA) demonstrator satellite. The team was taking part in the third CYSAT, a European…
Australia’s first female astronaut will be University of New South Wales alumna Dr Meganne Christian who has been selected as part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) 2022 astronaut class. Dr Christian is one of 11 reservist astronauts, alongside five…
Two machine learning experts employed by Adelaide-based Inovor Technologies, Kenny See and Toby Lightheart have won the European Space Agency (ESA) ops-sat machine learning competition, the company has announced. This challenge saw Team Inovor competing from July to October, coming…
The launch window for the Artemis I Moon mission opens on 29 August. All being well, the SLS Block 1 rocket will blast off that day from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s launchpad 39B Cape Canaveral. This first Artemis mission will…
A University of Adelaide-led team has secured first place in a global AI competition organised by the European Space Agency (ESA). The Satellite Pose Estimation Challenge 2021, which concluded in March, saw international teams compete to build custom AI software that…