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Beyond Earth
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The LEOPARD Project: Low Earth Orbit Pursuit for Active Debris Removal

Published: February 16, 2022

The LEOPARD (Low Earth Orbit Pursuit for Active Debris Removal) study will define concepts for de-orbiting 2 uncooperative UK space assets from low earth orbit....

Resilient Earth
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Project Update: Satellite Technology Monitoring Disused Coal Tips in Wales

Published: January 27, 2022

In September 2021, the Satellite Applications Catapult and The Coal Authority announced the start of a joint project funded by the Welsh Government. Monitoring of...

Resilient Earth
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Four Learnings from ‘Design for Planet’

Published: January 10, 2022

Just 26 miles from Glasgow’s Scottish Events Campus, home of COP26, is Dundee’s V&A, the location of the Design Council’s ‘Design for Planet’ conference which...

Resilient Earth
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How the Space Sector Can Respond to The Glasgow Climate Pact

Published: December 13, 2021

COP26 concluded with The Glasgow Climate Pact, signed by all participating nations. The Pact acknowledges the shortcomings of the COP26 policy outcomes and suggests to...

Resilient Earth
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Space Sustainability for the Next Century

Published: December 7, 2021

In the third edition of the Emerging Technology for Space webinar series, hosted by Satellite Applications Catapult and the University of Glasgow, we covered the...

Space Applications
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Space Applications Knowledge Exchange Sandpit

Published: December 3, 2021

In this hybrid Knowledge Exchange Sandpit event, the Satellite Applications Catapult joined forces with University College London (UCL) academics and researchers to find common areas...

Beyond Earth
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The Billion Dollar Opportunity for UK Space: In Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing

Published: November 24, 2021

After twelve years and $1.5bn dollars, NASA and ESA launched the Hubble Space Telescope in April 1990. Hubble was designed to study the history and...

Resilient Earth
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Using Satellite Technology to Monitor Disused Coal Tips

Published: October 13, 2021

In September 2021, the Satellite Applications Catapult began working with the Coal Authority, on behalf of the Welsh Government, on using Earth Observation (EO) data...

Resilient Earth
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Year of Climate – Net Zero and Holding Industry to Account

Published: October 1, 2021

Governments and businesses around the world have made significant commitments to reducing emissions in the race to Net Zero by 2050. Industrial processes create a...

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What does space-based solar power mean for the future of fossil fuel-based energy? How will it help us achieve our net zero targets?

Published: September 23, 2021

Since John F Kennedy challenged the USA with his ‘moonshot’ in 1961, and put a man on the moon within a decade, we have been...

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