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Catapult partners with Kepler Communications to accelerate growth in Low Earth Orbit telecommunications services

Published: July 10, 2018

Catapult awards In-Orbit Demonstration Mission 5 (IOD 5) to Kepler Communications to accelerate market access in response to emerging global opportunities for wide-area Internet of...

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Catapult expands In-Orbit Demonstration Programme working with Open Cosmos to offer new 6U CubeSat mission opportunity

Published: June 14, 2018

The Satellite Applications Catapult is expanding its landmark In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) Programme with support from the UK Space Agency. In collaboration with Open Cosmos, today...

Goonhilly lands £24m investment enabling global expansion

Published: May 15, 2018

Investment in Goonhilly Earth Station will include building a private global deep space network. 13 May 2018 – Cornwall, UK: Following the recent £8.4m contract...

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Space Sector Deal Announcement

Published: May 11, 2018

Today we welcome the statement of support from Science Minister, Sam Gyimah, for the Prosperity from Space proposal for a Space Sector Deal. The proposal...

New Laws Unlock Exciting Space Era for UK

Published: March 15, 2018

New laws are set to get Royal Assent today which will unlock an exciting era of British space innovation, exploration and investment. The Space Industry Bill will...

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Opportunity for Early Stage Businesses at Westcott

Published: March 7, 2018

The Satellite Applications Catapult is today helping to launch the new Westcott Business Incubation Centre (BIC) located in the Westcott Venture Park, near Aylesbury. The...

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2018 ‘Farming by Satellite’ Prize launches today

Published: March 6, 2018

Registration for the 4th edition of the Farming by Satellite Prize was officially opened today by Deputy Director General Pierre Delsaux, DG Grow, European Commission...

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Catapult Appoints Lucy Edge to Chief Operations Officer

Published: February 5, 2018

The Satellite Applications Catapult is delighted to announce that Lucy Edge will be joining the company as Chief Operations Officer (COO) on 28 February 2018....

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New study looking for lithium fingerprint from space

Published: January 25, 2018

A team of data scientists at the Satellite Applications Catapult is leading a new study, funded by Innovate UK, to see if it is possible...

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Catapult and exactEarth team up to exploit satellite AIS data

Published: January 23, 2018

Up to six months free access to a sample set of exactAIS© for prototyping new services 23 January 2018: The Satellite Applications Catapult has teamed...

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