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Sustainable Earth
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RiR Week: Monitoring Air Quality on Earth with Instruments in Space

Published: September 7, 2020

My research team at University College London uses big data analysis and computer models to convert large and cumbersome satellite observations of atmospheric composition into...

Autonomous & Connected Earth
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RiR Week: Supporting CAV Development with Data

Published: September 7, 2020

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) offer a range of future of exciting opportunities, not just as a new form of transport modality but also a...

Sustainable Earth
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RiR Week: Mapping Terrestrial Objects in Satellite Imagery with Machine Learning

Published: September 7, 2020

Forget the needle – finding a haystack in a satellite image is hard! Or even a whole farmstead, especially when it is a brown fence...

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Cornish Lithium

Published: August 11, 2020

Lithium is now one of the most important metals in the world due to the growing demand for electric vehicles powered by lithium-ion batteries and...

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Future-Proofing Transport: How Can Space Help?

Published: July 24, 2020

Robust transportation infrastructures have always been critical to the movement of people, goods and services between national and international jurisdictions, yet, in an era of...

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Event Follow Up: UK-Australia Space Sector Collaboration

Published: July 15, 2020

On the 23 and 29 June, Satellite Applications Catapult, in partnership with Western Australian companies AtomicSky, Agristart, and Quantum Technology Exchange, hosted two workshops on...

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Innovating the New Normal of Health and Wellbeing – Part 2

Published: July 10, 2020

The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy includes a health and social care support programme, and states potential for “using more tele-medicine and remote monitoring to...

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Innovating the New Normal of Health and Wellbeing

Published: June 22, 2020

The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy includes a health and social care support programme, and states potential for “using more tele-medicine and remote monitoring to...

Saving Structures with Satellites // Engineering Matters

Published: June 12, 2020

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5G-MOBIX: Cross-Border Connectivity Trials

Published: May 20, 2020

With 5G roll-out a hot topic for 2020, the enhanced connectivity is going to mean more than just faster streaming and quicker downloads on your...

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