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UKSA Space for Forestry in Developing Countries

Published: January 14, 2019

Developing nations have some of the most valuable forests which have come under threat from both legal and illegal deforestation, increasing human population, and commodities...

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UKSA Space for Disaster Resilience in Developing Countries

Published: January 14, 2019

As part of a five-year £152million IPP programme run by the UK Space Agency, this report has been drafted by Caribou Space on the critical...

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UKSA Space for Agriculture in Developing Countries

Published: January 14, 2019

This report, commissioned by the UK Space Agency, focuses on the challenges faced by the agriculture sector globally, such as unpredictable and extreme weather, loss...

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Support provided by OceanMind enables the Thai government to earn a ‘Green Card’ from the EU for fisheries export

Published: January 8, 2019

We are excited to congratulate OceanMind, a former business unit of the Satellite Applications Catapult, on their contribution towards the Thai government earning their ‘green...

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The Satellite Applications Catapult partners with Infostellar to provide improved ground station access

Published: January 7, 2019

The Satellite Applications Catapult and Infostellar have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide UK businesses with enhanced access to the Satellite Applications Catapult’s...

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A comparative review on the state and advancement of Site-Specific Crop Management in the UK and China

Published: January 4, 2019

Catapult co-author: Dan Wicks Precision agriculture, and more specifically Site-Specific Crop Management (SSCM), has been implemented in some form across nearly all agricultural production systems...

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Integration of SAR Data Into Monitoring of the 2014–2015 Holuhraun Eruption, Iceland: Contribution of the Icelandic Volcanoes Supersite and the FutureVolc Projects

Published: January 4, 2019

Catapult co-author: Cristian Rossi We report how data from satellite and aerial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) observations were integrated into monitoring of the 2014–2015 Holuhraun...

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Video link provides launch pad for innovative North East space and satellite companies

Published: December 21, 2018

North East space and satellite applications companies showcased the innovative work taking place in the region at a video networking event between NETPark in Sedgefield...

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ESNC Finalist: Putting the AR in SMART City

Published: December 20, 2018

The European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) is a distinguished name travels far and wide. To win a ESNC competition was high on our agenda, the...