{"id":348932,"date":"2026-03-16T11:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/348932\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:30:08","slug":"lazuli-private-space-telescope-larger-than-nasas-hubble-electronics-weekly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/348932\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazuli private space telescope larger than Nasa’s Hubble| Electronics Weekly"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SSTL<\/a><\/p>\n

Working as an industrial collaborator on the programme, SSTL will develop the spacecraft platform for the mission, which will carry the Lazuli space observatory out into deep space.<\/p>\n

Spectograph<\/p>\n

The observatory will feature a suite of advanced instruments. For example, a wide-field camera, an integral-field spectrograph and a coronagraph. This will be for the study of exoplanets, supernovae and transient cosmic events.<\/p>\n

\u201cSSTL has a way of doing space differently,\u201d said Andrew Cawthorne, Managing Director of SSTL. \u201cOur heritage shows that you don\u2019t need to rely on vast, exquisite systems to deliver extraordinary capability. Lazuli takes that same thinking into deep space.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile SSTL is known for small satellites, \u2018small\u2019 has always described our approach, not the size of the satellite \u2013 and certainly not our ambition. Lazuli is a powerful example of how that philosophy can scale to enable a new generation of deep-space science missions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lazuli<\/p>\n

The Lazuli initiative was unveiled by Schmidt Sciences<\/a> \u2013 cofounded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt \u2013 at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society. The aim is to become the first full-scale privately funded space telescope. For context, the plan is to have a primary mirror larger than that of NASA\u2019s iconic Hubble Space Telescope.<\/p>\n

It forms part of the wider Schmidt Observatory System. This declares an ambition to combine development, open data access and collaboration to lower barriers to participation in \u201cfrontier astronomy\u201d.<\/p>\n

See also: Space Norway, SSTL partner for high-res maritime monitoring<\/a><\/p>\n

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