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Resilient Earth
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Year of Climate – Net Zero and Holding Industry to Account

Governments and businesses around the world have made significant commitments to reducing emissions in the race to Net Zero by 2050. Industrial processes create a...

Beyond Earth
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SmallSats: a new technological frontier in ecology and conservation?

Catapult Co-Author: Cristian Rossi Abstract: We are in the midst of a revolution in satellite technology, with the rapid development and advancement of small satellites...

Autonomous & Connected Earth
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5G RuralDorset scoops three awards at Connected Britain

A ground-breaking DCMS and Dorset Council-backed project aimed at exploring how next generation connectivity can benefit the people that live and work in rural areas...

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Excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic: a geospatial and statistical analysis in Mogadishu, Somalia

Catapult Co-Authors: Terri Freemantle, Yolanda Vazquez, Chris Reeve,  Abstract:  Background – While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been well documented in high-income countries,...

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What does space-based solar power mean for the future of fossil fuel-based energy? How will it help us achieve our net zero targets?

Since John F Kennedy challenged the USA with his ‘moonshot’ in 1961, and put a man on the moon within a decade, we have been...

Space Applications
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Satellite Applications Catapult Annual Report 2021

Download the Satellite Applications Catapult 2021 Annual Report >>

Autonomous & Connected Earth
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Westcott: Developing Networks for the Future

 We’re developing the networks of the future. At Westcott, our expertise in terrestrial (e.g. 4G, 5G etc) and non-terrestrial (e.g. satellite) networks means we’re...

Resilient Earth
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Westcott: The Healthy Living Lab

 Think like a system. Act like an entrepreneur. The Healthy Living Lab methodology helps technology and healthcare providers co-create and test innovative new equipment....

Resilient Earth
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Digital Leaders Week: Collaboration for Healthcare Transformation

We are in an era of unprecedented healthcare change, driven by increasing need and accelerating technology opportunities. Even before the pandemic, those within the digital...

Space Applications
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Westcott: Access to the Space Sector

 To know where we’re going, it’s important to understand where we’ve come from. Westcott Venture Park has been at the centre of UK space...

Space Applications
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The Vision for Westcott

 A hub of UK space in the heart of the Oxford-Cambridge arc. With a long and proud history as the home to the UK’s...

Space Applications
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Westcott Expo: Space for the Future

 Westcott, widely considered as one of the oldest rocket propulsion test sites in the world, started its life as an RAF base in 1942....

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