ANALYSIS & OPINION
A service for laser space communication
26 February 2018
At Photonics West, Jessica Rowbury spoke to Bridgesat, a company developing the ground infrastructure for satellite communication
space
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UK Space Agency and OpTIC centre launch entrepreneur space programme
25 January 2018
The UK Space Agency is working with Glyndŵr University’s OpTIC Technology Centre and the SETsquared Partnership to launch an entrepreneurial programme to get more entrepreneurs into space
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Guide Star Alliance to receive OSA award for laser guide star
23 August 2017
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced that the Guide Star Alliance has been selected to receive the 2017 Paul F Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award
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Chip-mounted terahertz laser selected for NASA mission
23 August 2017
MIT researchers have produced a new chip-mounted terahertz laser that has been selected by NASA to measure emissions from the interstellar medium
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Photonics in orbit
11 July 2017
Matthew Dale takes a look at some of the space technologies presented at Laser World of Photonics, including lidar for global methane analysis and laser communication technology
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Space tech lands on Earth
9 June 2017
Jessica Rowbury speaks to Matthew Edwards from the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council about the centre’s work translating photonics space technology into other markets