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Connecting Rural Locations with 5G

Published: February 20, 2020

The Satellite Applications Catapult has been awarded £850,000 to deliver 5G and satellite data expertise across all areas of a new 5G connectivity project in...

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Investor Action on Tailings Dam Safety, One Year After the Brumadinho Disaster

Published: February 17, 2020

The Mining and Tailings Safety Initiative, a group that has over US $14 trillion in assets under management and is co-led by the Church of...

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UK LaunchPad Initiative: Coastal Applications Compeition Winners

Published: December 19, 2019

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India clean air project calls for UK innovation

Published: November 18, 2019

UK businesses are being invited to apply for an innovation project aimed at improving air quality and electric vehicle integration in India. The Innovating for...

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Satellite Applications Catapult Annual Report 2018-2019

Published: November 11, 2019

Download the Satellite Applications Catapult 2018-2019 Annual Report >>

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Spatial Finance Initiative announces new advisory board

Published: October 21, 2019

‘Spatial finance’ is the integration of geospatial data and analysis into financial theory and practice. Earlier this year four leading institutions – The Alan Turing Institute,...

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Satellite Applications Catapult to invest in Earth Observation expertise in the East Midlands

Published: September 25, 2019

The Satellite Applications Catapult today announces it will grow its presence in the East Midlands, supporting the Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology and Earth Observation Centre (METEOR)...

Horizon Technologies and the Satellite Applications Catapult to supply satellite data to the UK National Maritime Information Centre

Published: September 10, 2019

Horizon Technologies and the Satellite Applications Catapult have signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC) to supply satellite data from...

First data collected by Satellite Applications Catapult’s first In-Orbit Demonstration programme satellite

Published: August 28, 2019

Following successful deployment from the International Space Station on 3rd July 2019 at 11.15am (BST), satellite for IOD-1 GEMS have successfully tasked the satellite to...

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Innovative UK space technology protects Malaysian coastline from oil slick

Published: August 1, 2019

The Satellite Applications Catapult, leading a consortium of innovative UK companies, has successfully created a system that can automatically detect oil slicks from space and...

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