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Digital Twin Showcase: Opportunities for the Space Industry

Published: April 14, 2023

Introduction The UK space industry continues to grow, generating an estimated £16.4 billion turnover per year. It also employs over 45,000 people across a national...

Space Applications
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Digital Twin Showcase: Overcoming Challenges by Working Together

Published: April 13, 2023

Introduction In recent years, digital twins have begun to revolutionise many areas of project planning, asset management, and even environmental policy. Yet, to realise the...

Space Applications
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Digital Twin Showcase: Mission Control for Earth

Published: April 5, 2023

Introduction Climate change is set to have a profound effect on our environment over the coming decades. While initiatives like the Net Zero Strategy aim...

Space Applications
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Digital Twin Showcase: What is a Digital Twin?

Published: April 3, 2023

Introduction Sustainable infrastructure is a key component of climate change adaptation strategies; providing essential services, such as energy, water, transport, and communication to global populations,...

Space Applications
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What’s New in NewSpace? Interview with Dan Wicks

Published: March 22, 2023

This interview first appeared in an episode of ‘What’s New in NewSpace?’, a Q&A series that covers the opinions, perspectives, and vision of industry thought...

Resilient Earth
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The Importance of Understanding Local Context; Insights from a Colombian Engagement

Published: March 13, 2023

The blog discusses a five-day engagement by the Satellite Applications Catapult team working with project partners to explore the needs of the people in the...

Autonomous & Connected Earth
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The O-RANOS Initiative and its Part in UK Digital Innovation

Published: February 23, 2023

This month the O-RANOS consortium members met at the University of Bristol (UoB) to collaborate and discuss the project, as well as its next steps...

Beyond Earth
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Company Spotlight: Magdrive

Published: February 1, 2023

Magdrive, a UK-based business is set to change spacecraft propulsion. They intend to do so by replacing the current chemical reaction model, to one which...

Resilient Earth
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Adopting STAC to simplify geospatial workflows

Published: December 22, 2022

Data management has always been a tricky business in the Earth Observation (EO) world, with the storage, access and searching of multiple terabytes of satellite...

Space Applications
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The SPIN Programme: 2022

Published: November 14, 2022

The Space Placements in Industry (SPIN) scheme provides placement opportunities for those considering employment in the space sector and connects space sector organisations who want...

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