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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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Milton Keynes driving sustainable economic impact through Catapult’s satellite-based applications

The Satellite Applications Catapult, working in partnership with Milton Keynes (MK) Council and The Open University, has successfully developed a series of satellite-based applications to...

The growth of satellite applications: Geo Services

By John Hildreth, North East Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence John Hildreth from the North East Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence looks at the fast-growing...

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Catapult focusing on education during World Space Week

World Space Week started in 2000 Staff from the Satellite Applications Catapult are taking part in a variety of educational events throughout World Space Week...

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Catapult to promote space agenda at 2015 ITS World Congress

The Satellite Applications Catapult will be playing an active role at this week’s World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services in Bordeaux....

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