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Magma Space

@MagmaSpace

DC Startup developing novel low-power magnetic bearings that will enable the production of ultra-quiet reaction wheels and kinetic energy storage in space

 Washington, DC
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Joined April 2022
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Our CEO is representing Magma Space at the #IAC2022 in Paris. He is on a mission to spread Magma's vision for a future of low-jitter reaction wheels with our proprietary magnetic bearing funded by #NASA #IAF #sbir #space #spacetechnolgy
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The main obstacle to the wide adoption of laser com is on-board jitter that limits the satellite pointing accuracy. Reaction wheels are mostly the main source of jitter... nasa.gov/feature/goddard/202…
What’s Next: The Future of NASA’s Laser Communications - NASA

What’s Next: The Future of NASA’s Laser Communications - NASA

NASA uses lasers to send information to and from Earth, employing invisible beams to traverse the skies, sending terabytes of data – pictures and videos – to increase our knowledge of the universe....

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At Magma we are working on a new low-power magnetic bearing that will replace ball bearings, making jitter a problem of the past!
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#NASA #lasercom #microvibration #jitter #reactionwheel
Laser communication is the future! @NASASCaN DSOC will help demonstrate its potential. Congrats to @NASAJPL for solving the challenging pointing accuracy. This would be much easier once ultra-quiet magnetic bearings will be available. #MissionToPsyche #DSOC #space #NASA
Mission To Psyche (@MissionToPsyche) profile pictureMission To Psyche@MissionToPsyche27 Apr 2022
The @NASA_Technology @NASASCaN DSOC tech demo onboard the #MissionToPsyche spacecraft inspired @josmeist, a computer graphics technology student from @IUPUI, to create a "SDOC" (Small Desktop Optical Comm!) sculpture for himself:
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satsearch@satsearchco1 May 2022
According to L’Express, Porsche and by extension the Volkswagen group to which the brand belongs, plan to launch their own satellite system for their future autonomous cars. The VW group would provision €2B to deploy its own constellation of satellites. lookcharms.com/volkswagen-an…
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Wondering what mechanical batteries are? Check this video by @mattferrell. Magma is working on a low-power magnetic bearing that will finally unlock the full potential of mechanical batteries for space applications! #Space #batteries #megaconstellations youtu.be/8X2U7bDNcPM
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Elon Musk isn't the only one warning about lithium supply being insufficient for all the batteries electric-car makers are going to need bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business
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Lithium batteries are an amazing invention of the past century and have become fundamental for all our hand-held devices, but it is not the only answer to the grid decarbonization. Alternative batteries technologies will need to step up. #Lithium #energystorage #newtech
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Magma is working on a low-power, high-efficient magnetic bearing that would allow for flywheel energy storage systems to become a reality both in space and on Earth #energystorage #kinematicbatteries #flywheel
Congrats to @NASAWebb engineers for having tackled the jitter issue spectacularly using a 2-stage isolation system! We are working on an ultra-quiet magnetically levitated RWs that would simplify the architecture of future jitter-sensitive missions #webbtelescope #space #jitter
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An interesting article on the #JSWT line of sight (LoS) error can be found here: arxiv.org/pdf/2010.03576.pdf
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