About Us - Satellite Applications Catapult

About Us

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What We Do
Our Missions
Our Capabilities

To enable a world-leading space sector to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges

Who We Are

Our purpose is to grow the UK economy by supporting our best companies to accelerate the invention and adoption of space data and technology. We work closely with businesses to reduce and remove the technical, business development, commercial, financial, or regulatory challenges and barriers that can block their growth.

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As one of Innovate UK’s network of nine Catapults, the work we do at the Satellite Applications Catapult aligns with UK government priorities for economic growth. We support our best companies to accelerate the invention and adoption of space data and technology. We work closely with businesses to reduce and remove the technical, business development, commercial, financial, or regulatory challenges and barriers that can block their growth.

What We Do

We focus our activities in three strategic areas

Collaborative R&D

We play key roles in collaborative and commercial R&D projects, often taking risks which other companies are not able or willing to do.

Customer Development

We stimulate market demand for satellite services by bringing together suppliers and end-users in sectors like financial services, communications, transport and agriculture where satellites can make a real difference.

Business Growth

We support businesses in the sector directly with access to facilities, technical experts and help with starting, commercialising and scaling-up a business.

Our three missions, Sustainable Earth, Autonomous and Connected Earth, and Beyond Earth, are high-impact areas where the UK has world-class expertise and align with the government’s priority space capability areas.

Our Missions Are:

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Sustainable Earth

Growing the UK space sector by increasing the integration of space data, technology and services into non-space sectors, where doing so can make the greatest positive difference to global society.

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Autonomous & Connected Earth

Supporting the development and adoption of technologies essential for enabling universal connectivity and coordinated autonomy.

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Beyond Our Earth

Driving the growth of the UK space sector by leveraging opportunities arising from the in-space economy.

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Our Board

Find out more about the Catapult’s board of Executive and Non-Executive Directors

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Our Impact

Explore our impact on the UK space industry through numbers.

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Explore our Capabilities

Case Studies

Dive into successful outcomes and in-depth analyses of our past initiatives.

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News & Comment

Latest news, blog pieces, videos, academic papers, and business support case studies from across our focus areas.

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UK Space Ecosystem

The UK Space Ecosystem enables innovation and growth in the space sector, encouraging collaboration, technological advancement, and economic prosperity.

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Contact Us

Get in touch with the Satellite Applications Catapult team for collaboration enquiries or for further information – info@sa.catapult.org.uk