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Supporting Vulnerable People with Reliable Connectivity

In 2018, I spoke at a TEDx event, sharing my vision of how emerging space technologies hold the power to rebuild fractured community networks, to...

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Ubiquitous Connectivity for Agriculture

Our food system is facing unprecedented challenges. From population increase to climate change, demands on productivity to environmental protection – these pressures will place further...

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Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) in the Context of Bridge Monitoring

Catapult Co-Author: Cristian Rossi Abstract: The structural health of critical transport infrastructure, such as bridges, is difficult to assess and monitor. Existing methods of evaluation rely...

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Hospitals of the Future – Integrating Space Technology

A hospital of the past may be thought of as a physical building bound by walls and a roof. In bringing existing hospitals into the...

Space Applications
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Reimagining Space: The UK Space Industry Today

In this blog, the latest in our ‘Reimagining Space’ series, we look at the global influence of UK space innovation and the challenges the sector...

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Innovating the New Normal of Health and Wellbeing with Ubiquitous Connectivity

Innovating the New Normal of Health and Wellbeing (Part 3) – Bringing Care Closer to Home with Ubiquitous Connectivity COVID-19 has had a profound impact...

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Company Spotlight: Spire

“With insightful conversations about our path and growth plans, the Satellite Applications Catapult recognizes the right strategies to help emerging providers like our company to...

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Space and Mining Industry Collaborating to Explore Battery Mineral Extraction Sites with Satellites

With transport being the UK’s biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, the transition from conventional engines to Electric Vehicles (EVs) is imperative but will bring...

Space Applications
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Why You Need to Pay Attention to the Middle East Space Sector

The celestial heavens have captured the human imagination since the dawn of time. From ancient gods and legends to science fiction today, venturing beyond the...

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Company Spotlight: Arribada Initiative

One of the key focus areas of our Sustainable Development programme is Technology for Conservation and Natural Capital. Within this we are aiming to catalyse...

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Investing for a Sustainable Future: Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) invests in Catapult Spin-Out “GlobalTrust”

The Satellite Applications Catapult is pleased to announce a new data analytics spin-out that will address some of the most crucial environmental and social issues...

Space Applications
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Vision 2035: The Global Space Sector

In April 2020, a train of brilliant lights flying across the night sky caught the public’s imagination, lit up social media and made headline news:...

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