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Catapult partners with Polynesian Leaders Group on anti IUU operations

Project Eyes on the Seas – a joint collaboration between the Satellite Application Catapult and The Pew Charitable Trusts – has made a ground-breaking contribution...

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Catapult signs Memorandum of Understanding for joint activities with JAMSS

The Satellite Applications Catapult will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with JAMSS America Inc (JAI) today to create a framework of activities between the...

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British Space Sector flies to US to showcase potential for space

Seven of the most promising British start-ups that are focused on changing the way we access, use and evaluate data from satellites, are travelling to...

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Catapult looks to extend Centres of Excellence network

The Satellite Applications Catapult is planning to extend its network of Centres of Excellence in order to broaden its regional engagement and support the growth...

A picture is worth a thousand words – what could you do with satellite data?

By John Hildreth, North East Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence John Hildreth from the North East Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence highlights the growing impact...

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Catapult joins Inmarsat to launch STARHub campaign championing UK space sector skills and services to enable growth in emerging economies

The Satellite Applications Catapult is managing a major digital platform that will help emerging nations benefit from the world-leading satellite applications and services that the...

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£100k funding available for climate services through Catapult-hosted ‘sandpit’

The Satellite Applications Catapult is hosting a two-day ‘sandpit’ event for industry, academia and end-users to develop proof-of-concept climate services projects, as part of a...

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Catapult celebrates first anniversary supporting TechDemoSat-1

The Satellite Applications Catapult is delighted to be celebrating a year of successfully running payload operations and data collection from TechDemoSat-1 (TDS-1), an innovative satellite...

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Catapult teams up with Royal College of Art on Knowledge Exchange workshop

The workshop, which is part of the Catapult’s Knowledge Exchange programme, is the first such direct engagement with the RCA including researchers from visual, product,...

Changing the world of professional sport through satellite applications

By John Hildreth, North East Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence John Hildreth from the North East Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence considers the role that...

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Motorbike crash detection technology REALRIDER© wins UK round of pan-European Space business ideas competition

Technology that detects when a motorbike rider has crashed and automatically notifies the emergency services so that prompt and potentially life-saving action can be taken,...

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Life-Saving Maritime Rescue Drone Wins European Satellite Navigation Competition 2015

This evening, the global satellite navigation community gathered at the ddb forum in Berlin to recognise the year’s most brilliant innovations in commercial applications of...

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