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PhD centre will nurture new leaders in Earth observation

A new centre will enable 50 fully-funded PhD researchers to harness satellite data to tackle global environmental challenges. The Centre for Satellite Data in Environmental...

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GRID-Arendal Workshop

On 16 December members of our Extractive Industries team visited Norway to attend a workshop at the GRID-Arendal office. We were there to continue our...

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UK LaunchPad Initiative: Coastal Applications Compeition Winners

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MINEX Eurasia 2019

On 28 November, our Earth Observation Specialist, Maral Bayaraa, attended the MINEX Eurasia 2019 conference in London. Maral presented on how space-enabled applications can benefit...

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Insights Magazine: I Want a Mentor… But You Probably Need a Coach

Kathryn Jeacock is Head of HR here at the Satellite Applications Catapult. Kathryn is passionate about embedding a coaching mindset into the culture of the...

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Project Hephaestus

Building on the success of the Chilean Mining Project, Satellite Applications Catapult continued with the optimisation of the Hephaestus application. This application is a software...

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Space-Enabled Applications for the Mining Sector Workshop

On 28 November, the Satellite Applications Catapult, European Space Agency, and United Nations Crime Institute (UNICRI) hosted a workshop to discover how space-enabled applications could...

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Spaceport Cornwall investment is giant leap for science and innovation in the South West

The Cornwall Council multi-million pound investment in Spaceport Cornwall is set to revolutionise businesses, jobs and skills in the region. The University of Exeter has...

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India clean air project calls for UK innovation

UK businesses are being invited to apply for an innovation project aimed at improving air quality and electric vehicle integration in India. The Innovating for...

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Satellite Applications Catapult Annual Report 2018-2019

Download the Satellite Applications Catapult 2018-2019 Annual Report >>

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Spatial Finance Initiative announces new advisory board

‘Spatial finance’ is the integration of geospatial data and analysis into financial theory and practice. Earlier this year four leading institutions – The Alan Turing Institute,...

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Humans on the Moon: extracting reality from the hype of recent announcements by NASA, SpaceX, China and Russia

This piece was written by Pat Norris. Pat worked as a NASA contractor on the Apollo programme in Houston from 1967 to 1970 then returned...

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