RIT partner Arctic Business, which runs the national space incubator ESA BIC Sweden, will continue to do so for at least 6 years – offering support to another 36 space startups. Arctic Business also announced that ESA BIC Sweden is growing by the addition of a fourth node: Ideon innovation in Lund, Skåne. – We […]
The project team sums up milestones and achievements from the past six months. RIT2021 appointed Best Practice by Tillväxtverket (The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth) We are glad to announce that RIT2021 has been appointed Best Practice amongst Tillväxtverket’s projects within the regional development fund. Three Swedish projects were appointed to describe what […]
A recent study estimates that the space cluster in and around the city of Kiruna in northern Sweden could double in size to reach a total of 50-70 actors and 1,000 employed in 10-15 years. The conclusion is based on an analysis of the cluster’s recent development, its location and conditions, as well as on […]
Skysense/Sky Alert, Porkchop and Acrctic Space Technologies were all on the list of Sweden’s “103 best young ideas” when Almi and Företagarna released it on May 24th. In “103 young ideas”, Företagarna and Almi have jointly nominated 103 business ideas and drawn attention to young people who inspire. In Norrbotten there are eight companies on […]
Morgan Drysdale, SkyAlert, and Matija Milenovic, Porkchop, have been named two of “Sweden’s ten new super-entrepreneurs of 2021” by ÅForsk and Swedish Incubators & Science Parks. They receive 200,000 SEK each to continue developing their business ideas. – I could not believe that it was true when I received the news, this is a fantastic […]
A record 172 stakeholders registered for this week’s Space Innovation Forum, a two-day event dedicated to presentations and discussions on how to make Norrbotten an even more attractive space region. Space Innovation Forum is growing. The last edition held in October of 2020 attracted more interest than ever before, and this week the record was […]
Since 2016, Ph.D. student Moses Browne Mwakyanjala of Luleå University of Technology has researched the feasibility, design and potential benefits of replacing traditional hardware for satellite communications with software-based systems. On February 15, Moses’ defended his thesis and received his doctorate degree. Software-Defined Radio (SDR) is a technology where components that have traditionally been implemented […]
Sumeet Satpute has spent five years researching guidance and control for multiple spacecraft formation, resulting in a thesis and doctorate degree on 5 February 2021. Satputes research findings provides a roadmap for manufacturers and designers in building next-generation spacecrafts with ability to work collaboratively, all linked to one system. The RIT2021-sponsored project is a collaboration […]
The project team sums up the milestones and achievements of the past six months in this PDF review. Here are just a few highlights of what you can learn: With recent additions of industry-academia R&D partnerships, RIT2021 is now sponsoring a total of 14 applied research projects within aerospace. New business opportunities as LKAB Kimit […]
A student team at Luleå University of Technology recently won a top 5 placement in Venture Cup’s IDEA competition regional finals. The students behind RIT-sponsored startup eSat aim to make satellites more accessible, an idea that was first born in the Space Innovation Summer programme. Venture Cup is Sweden’s biggest competition for business ideas and […]