Orbital Space Technologies

Costa Rica’s Orbital Space Technologies is chosen to join the Singapore Space Accelerator Programme

Tecnologico de Costa Rica, 29 July, 2021 (English Translation)  Costa Rica’s Orbital Space Technologies is chosen to join the Singapore Space Accelerator Programme Orbital Space Technologies (OST) was chosen as the first Central American company to be accepted into the incubation program at Singapore Space & Technology Limited (SSTL).  This startup was founded in 2021 by students from…

Aurora Propulsion Technologies closes €1.7M seed for spacecraft maneuvering and deorbiting tech

MADRID, Feb 19 (EUROPA PRESS) – The satellite telecommunications operator Sateliot has closed a convertible note for the amount of one million euros in the framework of its series ‘A’, the first tranche that will serve to finance its constellation of nanosatellites that will provide 5G coverage to the Internet universe of Things (IoT).  In a…

Klepsydra raises CHF 1 million to further advance and certificate its edge computing software

venturelab.swiss, Dec 20, 2021 Inspired by algorithmic trading techniques, Klepsydra develops high-performance software for edge data processing applications in real-time. Its unprecedented results can be applied today to all kinds of small computers that are found in thousands of devices used daily in sectors such as space, aerospace, automobiles, robotics, IoT, smart agriculture, and medicine.…

Japan space agency starts recruiting astronauts for 1st time in 13 years

JapanToday, Dec 21, 2021 For the first time in 13 years, Japan’s space agency on Monday started recruiting new astronauts to carry out missions on the International Space Station and participate in a U.S.-led lunar exploration program. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency aims to finish the recruitment drive by February 2023, accepting applications through March…

Japan launches huge Inmarsat-6 F1 communications satellite into orbit

space.com, Dec 22, 2021 The I-6 pair “are the largest and most sophisticated commercial communications satellites ever launched.” A huge, highly advanced commercial communications satellite just took to the skies. The Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite launched atop a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-2A rocket on Wednesday (Dec. 22) from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center at 10:32 a.m. EST (1532 GMT). The 12,060-pound…

World Bank and Singapore Space & Technology launch Digital Earth Partnership Technology Challenge on Urban Heat

Yahoo!Finance, Dec 23, 2021 SINGAPORE, Dec. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Singapore Space & Technology Limited (SSTL) announces the second year of its partnership with the World Bank Group, to organize a Digital Earth Partnership Technology Challenge focused on the measurement and analysis of extreme urban heat. The challenge aims to improve our understanding of the Urban Heat…