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Announcing the 2025 ISAM Conference Sponsors

Published: June 2, 2025

The 2025 In-orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM) Conference, hosted by the Satellite Applications Catapult and the UK Space Agency, is pleased to announce Astroscale...

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Satellite Applications Catapult and Izmir Commodity Exchange to Collaborate on Satellite Connectivity for Agriculture

Published: April 10, 2025

London, UK, 10th APRIL 2025 – The Satellite Applications Catapult (Catapult), a leading UK space company accelerating the adoption of space technology and services, and...

Sustainable Earth
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Using Space Data to Restore Nature: Four SME Projects Lead the Way with Take-Off Funding

Published: March 28, 2025

An AI-powered app helping children speak to endangered animals; a tool to use nature to fight climate change; a way to measure forest health; and...

Space Applications
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New Space Enterprise Lab opens at Surrey Technology Centre

Published: March 19, 2025

A Space Enterprise Lab (SEL) has been launched at Surrey Technology Centre, providing users with access to the collaborative technology, resources and expertise – the...

Space Applications
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Satellite Applications Catapult and Voyager Technologies to Collaborate on ISAM

Published: March 11, 2025

The Satellite Applications Catapult (Catapult), a leading UK space company accelerating the invention and adoption of space data and technology, and Voyager Technologies (Voyager), a...

Space Applications
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The Satellite Applications Catapult appoints five new Non-Executive Directors

Published: February 20, 2025

The Satellite Applications Catapult has appointed five new non-executive directors, Manjari Chandran-Ramesh, Tobias Ellwood, Ruth Mallors-Ray, Tony Mather and Colin McInnes, who will join the...

Space Applications
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Unlocking New Opportunities: UK and Taiwan Collaborate to Enhance the Global Space Ecosystem

Published: February 14, 2025

New Taiwanese Space Ecosystem Map to Strengthen UK – Taiwan Collaboration The Satellite Applications Catapult (Catapult) and the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) have launched a...

Business Support
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Congratulations to Biofonic for Winning the Farming Forward Innovation Challenge!

Published: February 13, 2025

We are thrilled to announce that Biofonic has been named the winner of the Farming Forward Innovation Challenge, part of the Environmental Space Living Lab (ESLL)...

Space Applications
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Satellite Applications Catapult Annual Report 2024

Published: February 10, 2025

Space Applications
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Lucy Edge Stands Down as Chief of Missions and Deputy CEO after 7 years

Published: January 28, 2025

After 7 years at the Satellite Applications Catapult, Lucy Edge, Chief of Missions and Deputy CEO will stand down at the end of January.  Lucy...

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