For a few years, the New Space has seen the arrival of more and more start-ups offering innovative solutions and the increase of satellite launches. An operation that has become possible due to the reduction of the costs of access to space. Space accessibility: Access to space is no longer unthinkable for a startup. In
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New Space, Europe: New way to send light vehicles into space.
The company Isar Space innovates in the aerospace sector by proposing new types of rockets allowing the sending of light material like satellites. This new type of rocket is specially designed to optimize the production cost which is 100x lower than the European rockets. This new type of launcher will make it easier to send
Digital transformation of cutting-edge industries
Big Data, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, so many innovative and disruptive technologies that transform the organization of the industrial sector and establish it in the visionary concept of Industry 4.0. With the advent of the smart factory, digitalization is taking place at every level of the industrialization chain. What technologies have been implemented ?
Automation in cutting-edge industries: Europe position itself as a leader
With the increasing digitization of industry, robotics and automation will become key technologies for the smart factories of the future that will entrust their production to digital. The design of the first fully automatic loom marked the birth of automation applied to industry. It will be generalized to all industrial activities in the first half
Hydrogen for Lunar missions: focus on the ongoing development projects
Hydrogen is already well established in the market for decarbonized mobility: cars, trucks, buses, trains, boats and even planes already operate on hydrogen. Nevertheless, hydrogen applications for mobility could extend all the way to the Moon! With the growing recent interest of space agencies in lunar missions, new projects are being developed. Among these, some
EUROPE SPACE : inital phase launching of THEMIS program.
In Europe, the reuse of launchers is now possible. On December 15, the first phase of developing of THEMIS reusable launcher demonstrator was launched. European Space Agency and Ariane Group signed a 33 million euros contract for this project. THEMIS, this first-stage demonstrator, based on three potentially reusable PROMETHEUS engines, and which operates with less
What is the entire industrial supply chain’s reaction to the crisis?
Facing a global pandemic, manufacturers have to review their strategies and show creativity in order to continue to survive in their sector. Innovation and diversification are at the heart of the debate at a time when an energy transition is in place. ince the beginning, with the crisis, we have seen many changes in the
