World Space Week
The week from 4 to 10 October is World Space Week, an event organized by the United Nations every year to celebrate the contributions that space science and technology make to the advancement of humanity around the world, and this year the chosen theme is “Space and...
The Artemis programme, the mission to return to the Moon
The Artemis Programme is the most important space programme today in technical, financial and human terms. Its goal is to take astronauts to the Moon again (including the first woman and person of colour) and it is seen as the gateway to the exploration of Mars. Over...
We achieve the highest quality standards and “we maintain and guarantee them continuously with demonstrable evidence”
Can you imagine how many certificates and quality standards are required for the space equipment used by NASA and the ESA? Today we are interviewing Noé Ruiz López, Quality and Industrial Manager for Solar MEMS, who can tell us all about the challenges of working on...
Curious facts about the Sun: Sunspots, solar storms and how they affect the Earth
Sunspots are among the many curious and mysterious aspects of the Sun. They are areas that concentrate large amounts of energy and the site of solar storms whose effects reach our planet and can have potentially harmful effects. What are sunspots? A sunspot is an area...
Solar MEMS wins the ACNES Open Innovation award 2022 for Soltec
We love challenges at Solar MEMS, and this time we decided to tackle the proposal by Soltec, which we were able to win thanks to the work of our team. The challenge was to propose the development of a believable low cost irradiance sensor that could be integrated into...
What is a horizon sensor? The Solar MEMS HSNS
Space sensors are our speciality and our vocation. We have great experience in working with different types, such as solar sensors, star trackers and horizon sensors. In this article we will be looking at the last of these, the horizon sensor, which can determine with...
How To Deorbit the International Space Station, the largest man-made space object in history
At Solar MEMS we are committed to the sustainability of the space environment and the importance of keeping space debris in LEO to a minimum. In this article we want to explain the plans to deorbit the International Space Station, the largest man-made space object...
“Solar Mems is known for its flexibility and ability to adapt to its customers´ needs. This allows us to achieve a very high level of compliance in the deliveries, reaching a maximum in the Oneweb project, where we have been able to complete all the deliverables without any delay”
Our capacity to supply major agencies and companies like NASA, ESA or OneWeb is the result of rigorous and enthusiastic teamwork. To discover the keys to this success, and how to ensure that products always arrive reliably and on time, even in situations like the...
The Kessler Effect, the potential danger of the domino effect for space debris
In this article, we are going to discuss the hypothesis raised by an astrophysicist and NASA consultant. The Kessler effect suggests that when the amount of space debris in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) reaches a certain level, it will trigger a cascade effect in which this...
Solar sails, a revolutionary innovation for space exploration
Innovation in the use of technology, and the search for effective solutions to make space exploration more efficient and sustainable never stops. In the case of solar sails, this revolutionary technology can be the alternative to engines and fuel for spacecraft. In...
How Christmas is celebrated in space
The importance of this season, which is so special on Earth, extends out into space, and astronauts have been celebrating it in their own way in outer space for several decades now. Here is a little bit of history and some stories about what Christmas is like away...
Solar MEMS at Space Tech Expo Europe 2021
At Solar MEMS we are continually travelling to learn more and to demonstrate our high-tech products among the most important global companies working in the New Space sector. On this occasion we attended the Space Tech Expo Europe, the largest business-oriented space...
Solar MEMS attends FEINDEF, the International Defence and Security Exhibition
In Solar MEMS we developed sun sensors and solar sensors for space and other industries like defense.
Main space agencies in the world
Main space agencies in the world. Sun sensor. Solar sensor.
How sun sensors work
In this article we would explain how the most common types of sun sensors or solar sensors available in the aerospace market work.
Space debris in numbers
About 130 million of fragments of space debris floating in low Earth orbit (LEO) and the total mass of all this space debris is more than 9500 tonnes according to data from the ESA. This space debris are moving at speeds of up to 27,000 kilometres per hour, which is...
The differences between the flights of Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic
Last July saw the climax of the most recent space race, in which Richard Branson demonstrated the capacity of his company Virgin Galactic, and Jeff Bezos of Blue Origin flew in a rocket which took him to the edge of space only 9 days afterwards. Both companies form...
What is New Space?
The concept of New Space is trending, and it is the billionaires with their vast private investments, like Richard Branson and his Virgin Galactic or Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin, and their race to reach space that have raised its profile, but do you know what New Space...