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Catapult joins Inmarsat to launch STARHub campaign championing UK space sector skills and services to enable growth in emerging economies

Published: November 4, 2015

The Satellite Applications Catapult is managing a major digital platform that will help emerging nations benefit from the world-leading satellite applications and services that the...

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£100k funding available for climate services through Catapult-hosted ‘sandpit’

Published: October 29, 2015

The Satellite Applications Catapult is hosting a two-day ‘sandpit’ event for industry, academia and end-users to develop proof-of-concept climate services projects, as part of a...

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Catapult celebrates first anniversary supporting TechDemoSat-1

Published: October 28, 2015

The Satellite Applications Catapult is delighted to be celebrating a year of successfully running payload operations and data collection from TechDemoSat-1 (TDS-1), an innovative satellite...

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Catapult teams up with Royal College of Art on Knowledge Exchange workshop

Published: October 27, 2015

The workshop, which is part of the Catapult’s Knowledge Exchange programme, is the first such direct engagement with the RCA including researchers from visual, product,...

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Motorbike crash detection technology REALRIDER© wins UK round of pan-European Space business ideas competition

Published: October 20, 2015

Technology that detects when a motorbike rider has crashed and automatically notifies the emergency services so that prompt and potentially life-saving action can be taken,...

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Life-Saving Maritime Rescue Drone Wins European Satellite Navigation Competition 2015

Published: October 20, 2015

This evening, the global satellite navigation community gathered at the ddb forum in Berlin to recognise the year’s most brilliant innovations in commercial applications of...

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Milton Keynes driving sustainable economic impact through Catapult’s satellite-based applications

Published: October 19, 2015

The Satellite Applications Catapult, working in partnership with Milton Keynes (MK) Council and The Open University, has successfully developed a series of satellite-based applications to...

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Catapult focusing on education during World Space Week

Published: October 5, 2015

World Space Week started in 2000 Staff from the Satellite Applications Catapult are taking part in a variety of educational events throughout World Space Week...

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Catapult to promote space agenda at 2015 ITS World Congress

Published: October 4, 2015

The Satellite Applications Catapult will be playing an active role at this week’s World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services in Bordeaux....

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Catapult hosting NanoSat building weekend in Harwell

Published: September 23, 2015

This weekend the Satellite Applications Catapult is hosting eight teams who will have the opportunity to assemble, program and test their own small satellites. Using...

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