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Space – A Transforming Sector

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Space: The New Manufacturing Frontier

As a naturally clean vacuum with extreme temperatures and an absence of night, space offers a unique environment for manufacturing, and utilising these conditions enables...

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UK-Australia Cybersecurity in Space

From 30 November to 2 December, the Satellite Applications Catapult, in partnership with the British High Commission to Australia, hosted three workshops on Cyber Security...

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Catapult Leading Pioneering Research and Demonstration of LEO Satellite Integration in 5G Networks

The Satellite Applications Catapult is leading on three innovative studies which will work towards developing the technology required for a future of seamless, worldwide 5G...

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Reimagining Space: The Transformation of the Space Sector

Over the next three months, in a new series of blogs, videos and articles, we will be discussing how the UK space sector has been...

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Government Supports Plans for UK Space Regional Growth

Space has established itself as one of the UK’s fastest-growing industries over the past 10 years, accelerating progress for companies of all sizes across an...

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Company Spotlight: Agrimetrics

“The Satellite Applications Catapult bravely leaves the technical stuff at the door when approaching bringing new innovations to business, instead focusing on solving the real...

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UK Launch Vehicles Webinar: A Summary

As a high growth and high productivity sector, space launch offers a unique opportunity for the UK economy and job market; with the market for...

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Geospatial Intelligence in Agriculture

Contributors: Electra Panagoulia, Sarah Cheesbrough, and Cristian Rossi. At the start of lockdown earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, scenes of long queues...

Sustainable Earth
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Sat4Wildlife project supported in £3.4million UK Space Agency funding announcement

On World Humanitarian Day, the UK Space Agency announced £3.4 million funding from their International Partnership Programme for ten pioneering UK space projects that will tackle...

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Delivering Agricultural Innovation Worldwide

There are huge opportunities and challenges facing the earth, from climate change and recovering from COVID to autonomy. Many of these are going to require...

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Early warning system for the detection of unexpected bridge displacements from radar satellite data

Catapult Co-Author: Cristian Rossi Abstract: Several hundred satellites are monitoring our planet every day, some of which are able to measure subtle ground movement. Satellites that...

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