SuperSharp Space Systems’ Hibiscus heads for orbit

SuperSharp Space Systems’ Hibiscus heads for orbit

UK Space Agency’s £5m boost for Waterbeach innovator.

SuperSharp achieves two critical milestones toward space telescope launch in 2026 – SatNews

SuperSharp Space Systems Ltd. (SuperSharp), a University of Cambridge spinoff, earlier this month received a £5 million award from the UK Space Agency—these funds will enable an on-orbit demonstration of SuperSharp’s unfolding thermal infrared (TIR) space telescope for climate change mitigation applications. In addition, the company has delivered the first prototype of its ultra-high resolution telescope, Hibiscus, which is scheduled to start s…