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North Korea Has a 'Hypersonic' College. Hypersonic Missiles Coming Soon? Pyongyang would certainly love to develop or buy their own hypersonic missiles, but that kind of technology is out of their reach for the time being. It made the news earlier this week that the first hypersonic missile test conducted by the U.S. Air Force had failed, when held Tuesday off the coast of California. There’s also interest in the hypersonic missile technology in other parts of the world—including in North Korea. According to Daily NK, the North Korean regime has established a new college, focused on hyper...

ESA looks to open up in-space servicing market The European Space Agency (ESA) is anticipating a new era of in-space servicing activities to prolong mission lifetimes, such as refuelling, refurbishment, assembly, manufacturing, and recycling. The agency has begun soliciting ideas for In-Orbit Servicing activities from European industry and academia. A first stage ‘request for information’ has been posted on ESA’s Open Space Innovation Platform. Respondents are invited to propose both a servicer spacecraft concept and identify a customer to be serviced, with the aim of putting the concep...

The new technology could dramatically improve satellite propulsion and be used to advance space travel 12 March 2021 • 12:01am Magdrive, which is based in the Harwell Campus near Oxford, has been granted £64,200 to develop its tech as part of a funding round from the UK Space Agency. The global space propulsion market is already worth around $5.8bn (£4.15bn) but has been tipped to grow to $19.3bn by 2027. Growth in the sector is likely to be driven by demand for lost-cost small satellites, which can be used for anything from communications to data gathering. Magdrive, which was founded in...

Date Time From monitoring climate change to avoiding space debris – pioneering space technology gets government cash boost Recipients include the University of Leeds, which will develop 3D printing methods and liquid-crystal technology, similar to that in our television screens at home, to develop far-infrared sensors for studying climate change and star formation. Another project, led by Rocket Engineering in London, will create a compact propulsion system the size of a house brick for use in nano and small satellites. The engines use electromagnets to enable the satellites to move for in-...

UK Space Agency funds projects to tackle space rubbish and micropropulsion The UK Space Agency is funding projects such as climate change sensors, compact propulsion systems and satellite image analysis to support the nation’s space ambitions Share this item with your network: By Published: 12 Mar 2021 17:00 The UK Space Agency has awarded funding worth £300,000 to five projects to support the development of space technology through its National Space Technology Programme. Among the projects receiving funding is the University of Leeds’ 3D printing methods and liquid-crystal technol...