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OneWeb – The Opportunity for the UK

According to press reports, the UK government is a partner in a bid for OneWeb, the UK- headquartered satellite communications company which, following the well-publicised...

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Innovating the New Normal of Health and Wellbeing

The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy includes a health and social care support programme, and states potential for “using more tele-medicine and remote monitoring to...

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Leading UK space industry consortium calls for greater SME engagement for future satcom services

The UK’s space industry leader Airbus, has teamed with KBR, Leidos UK, Northrop Grumman and QinetiQ to bring new thinking to future space solutions and...

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Inma Martinez – ‘Innovation 2020: The Era of Human-Centric Splendour’

What opportunities are ahead of the space industry? How can we use new technologies to shape our future? We had the privilege of being joined...

Saving Structures with Satellites // Engineering Matters

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5G-MOBIX: Cross-Border Connectivity Trials

With 5G roll-out a hot topic for 2020, the enhanced connectivity is going to mean more than just faster streaming and quicker downloads on your...

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Water in Mining Webinar – Results

On 5 May 2020, the Satellite Applications Catapult hosted the “Water in Mining” webinar. The event focused on the topic of water management and monitoring, highlighting...

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Connected Ambulance Demonstrator

Read on to find out about our connected ambulance demonstrator and the work our Health and Wellbeing and Ubiquitous Connectivity teams have been doing to...

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Operations on world’s first commercial microwave radiometer to continue as part of In-Orbit Demonstration programme

The Satellite Applications Catapult and Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) have today announced their intention to continue operations on the IOD-1 GEMS satellite past the initial...

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In-Space Services – A Major Opportunity for the UK

There are significant global drivers attracting commercial interest to the broad field of In-Space Services. These include a national security need to develop in-space capabilities;...

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Podcast: Saving Structures with Satellites

How can data from satellites track structural movement and give early warning of potential failure? New research shows that catastrophic bridge collapses could have been...

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