Mitsubishi Electric has developed an on-orbit additive-manufacturing technology that uses photosensitive resin and solar ultraviolet light for the 3D printing of satellite antennas in the vacuum of outer space. Spacecraft antenna designs..
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Mitsubishi Electric has completed initial verification of the functions and performance of equipment aboard the QZS-1R satellite, which the company built and delivered to the Cabinet Office of Japan. The satellite is..
Mitsubishi Electric has developed a prototype of the world’s smallest antenna for high-precision satellite-based positioning in four frequency bands used by the world’s main satellite-positioning systems and positioning-augmentation services. The antenna’s two..
Tokyo based startup Astroscale confirmed the successful launch of its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration (ELSA-d) mission. The successful launch marks the start of the world’s first commercial mission to prove the..
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Hitachi Zosen plan to send an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery to the International Space Station later this year to test technology that may power next generation..
The UNESCO World Heritage Daigoji temple in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, announced today its ambitious plans to launch a satellite-sized temple into outer space sometime in 2023. Terra Space , a Kyoto-based firm..
Sony announced today the upcoming release of high-precision Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver LSIs for use in IoT and wearable devices. The new Sony LSIs support not only the conventional L1..
Mitsubishi Electric has been designated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as the prime contractor of the new satellite for Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-2. Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-2 is a part..
A Japanese research group has developed a method that increases the accuracy of predicting long-term seawater temperatures by collecting data with the help of turtles. Researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth..
Mitsubishi Electric announced today that it began field testing the world’s first autonomous driving technology on highways to use a centimeter-level augmentation service (CLAS) broadcast from the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) on..