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Government Supports Plans for UK Space Regional Growth

Published: December 1, 2020

Space has established itself as one of the UK’s fastest-growing industries over the past 10 years, accelerating progress for companies of all sizes across an...

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Sat4Wildlife project supported in £3.4million UK Space Agency funding announcement

Published: November 11, 2020

On World Humanitarian Day, the UK Space Agency announced £3.4 million funding from their International Partnership Programme for ten pioneering UK space projects that will tackle...

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Satellite Applications Catapult Annual Report 2019-2020

Published: October 22, 2020

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New Innovation Centre Opens at Westcott

Published: October 19, 2020

The UK space sector will take its next significant step forward today with the opening of a new multi-million-pound Innovation Centre at Westcott in Buckinghamshire....

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Joint UK-Kenyan project to support the sustainable supply of sand and aggregates within Kenya using Earth observation data

Published: October 6, 2020

Satellite Applications Catapult is part of an international project called Earth Observation for Sustainable Aggregate Supply (EO4SAS), which is one of ten recently announced International...

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Satellite Applications Catapult’s Second In-Orbit Demonstration Mission Launches

Published: September 3, 2020

At 02:51 BST this morning the second satellite from the Satellite Applications Catapult’s In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) Programme was successfully launched on board the Arianespace Vega...

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Project to deliver change for cacao in Colombia to be extended by 12 months

Published: August 12, 2020

The COLCO project, which aims to improve productivity for the cacao supply chain in Colombia, has been awarded an additional 12 months of funding by...

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El proyecto para lograr un cambio en el negocio de cacao en Colombia se extiende por 12 meses

Published: August 12, 2020

Innovate UK, mediante el Fondo Newton-Caldas, extenderá por otros 12 meses el financiamiento otorgado al proyecto COLCO, que tiene por objeto mejorar la productividad de...

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A World Empowered by Space: Satellite Applications Catapult Delivery Plan 2020

Published: August 6, 2020

The UK has set an ambitious vision to grow its space sector to £40bn by 2030, supporting 100,000 jobs. The sector is already on course...

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OneWeb – The Opportunity for the UK

Published: June 27, 2020

According to press reports, the UK government is a partner in a bid for OneWeb, the UK- headquartered satellite communications company which, following the well-publicised...

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