Dr Sarah Bourke, CEO of Dublin-based Skytek, tells us about the software company’s big ESA contract win to work on the Gateway lunar space station. Last week, the world’s most powerful rocket blasted off into space. It’s the first step of NASA’s Artemis mission, which hopes that humans can soon […]
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‘Historic’ Celtic Interconnector to cut energy costs for Irish consumers
The subsea cable connecting Ireland to France is now expected to be operational by 2026. Leaders from Ireland and France have gotten the ball rolling on the construction of a “historic subsea cable”, which is expected to reduce energy costs and boost the security of supply. Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD […]
ESA funds two Irish companies to develop Earth observation products
The funding was announced as 10 Enterprise Ireland-supported companies visited the ESA’s Centre for Earth Observation. Davra and Treemetrics have received a combined €3m in funding under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Observation programme. The companies secured co-funding through Ireland’s investment in the InCubed programme, which supports industry to […]