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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...

Sustainable 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...

Sustainable 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...

Sustainable Earth
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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...

Sustainable Earth
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Digital Leaders Week: Collaboration for Healthcare Transformation

Published: September 7, 2021

We are in an era of unprecedented healthcare change, driven by increasing need and accelerating technology opportunities. Even before the pandemic, those within the digital...

Space Applications
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Westcott Expo: Space for the Future

Published: August 22, 2021

 Westcott, widely considered as one of the oldest rocket propulsion test sites in the world, started its life as an RAF base in 1942....

Sustainable Earth
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Protecting the Blue Economies in West Africa

Published: August 18, 2021

Africa is the second largest continent in the world and covers one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth, but with 18,950 miles (30,500km) of...

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HGV eCall

Published: August 9, 2021

Catapult colleagues have co-authored a paper on HGV eCall development. eCall has been a legal requirement for EU manufactured vehicles since 2018. The In-Vehicle System...

Sustainable Earth
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Swimming Against the Waste Current: A Satellite-Mapping Solution for Floating and Underwater Ocean Garbage Patches

Published: August 6, 2021

Written by Hack the Planet entrants Nabeelah Pooloo & Zaheer Allam With rapid urbanization trends and a subsequent increase in travelling, demand for coastal accommodations...

Sustainable Earth
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Event Follow Up: Opportunities for UK Satellite and Technology Organisations Across Brazilian Agriculture.

Published: July 26, 2021

On the 30 April, the Satellite Applications Catapult, in partnership with the British Embassy and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in Brazil, along with...

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