Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Jan 17, 2023
Space Engine Systems Inc. (SES) is a Canadian based company that claims to be a trucking company to anywhere in space and mainly focussed on the Lunar Mission. SES space planes use air breathing combined cycle engines to get to space. The rocket engines kick in only after a very high altitude. They have Hello-1 X demonstrator which is planned to be launched from the US this year (2023) sub

Cambridge UK (SPX) Jan 17, 2023
An international team of researchers has combined satellite imagery and climate and ocean records to obtain the most detailed understanding yet of how the West Antarctic Ice Sheet - which contains enough ice to raise global sea level by 3.3 metres - is responding to climate change. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Washingt

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 13, 2023
Australian engineers have discovered a new way of precisely controlling single electrons nestled in quantum dots that run logic gates. What's more, the new mechanism is less bulky and requires fewer parts, which could prove essential to making large-scale silicon quantum computers a reality. The serendipitous discovery, made by engineers at the quantum computing start-up Diraq and UNSW Syd

Badem, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2023
Qubits are the processing units of quantum computers. They can be created in various different ways. One option is the creation of solid-state spin qubits in materials such as diamonds, in which qubits get stuck in defects that are specifically inserted into the structure of diamond crystals. The German Aerospace Center has now awarded two contracts related to this activity as part of the DLR Qu

San Francisco (AFP) Jan 11, 2023
Hot startup OpenAI on Wednesday initiated a waitlist for a professional and paid version of its software ChatGPT, which has sparked debate about artificial intelligence and the future of work. OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman teased an upcoming version of ChatGPT "geared for professional use" as media reports swirled that Microsoft plans to invest $10 billion in the startup. Microsoft, wh

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China’s state-owned and commercial space sector actors are planning a total of more than 70 launches across 2023 as the country's space activities continue to expand.

Swedish and European officials inaugurated what they called mainland Europe’s first orbital launch site Jan. 13, but it’s unclear who will launch from the facility and when.

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CesiumAstro, an Austin-based startup specializing in phased array technology, has acquired TXMission, a U.K. company that develops software-defined radios and modems.

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Spanish startup Fossa Systems, which operates a constellation for connecting low-power monitoring devices, hopes to move pilot projects to full-blown commercial services this year by adding more capable satellites to its fleet.