Space innovation and technology company the Satellite Applications Catapult and leading SIGINT and space-based intelligence solutions provider Horizon Technologies announced today that IOD-3 Amber™, the first satellite in Horizon Technologies’ Amber™ constellation, has been lost following the unsuccessful launch of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne from Spaceport Cornwall yesterday.
The team recognises the great steps the UK space industry has taken in capability, expertise, and regulation in pursuit of this first commercial spaceflight from UK soil.
The Catapult also shares in the disappointment of Virgin Orbit, Spaceport Cornwall, the other satellite operators, and everyone else involved with the launch. We and our partners Horizon Technologies now begin work on a successful future mission.
As Chief Operating Officer of the Satellite Applications Catapult Lucy is responsible for supporting enterprises across the UK in understanding and exploiting the potential of space and satellites to create opportunities and transform businesses.
With a background in Physics and Engineering, Lucy’s career to date has involved the launch of satellites from a few kilograms to a few tonnes, building a satellite operations centre in West Cornwall and setting up the Disruptive Innovation for Space Centre with the Catapult team.
Lucy is vice chair of the board of The Royal Mencap Society and a non-executive director on the board of the Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership.
She is an ardent believer in the Catapult vision “To innovate for a better world, empowered by satellites”. Many see the growing space industry as a potential source of economic growth; Lucy also sees it as a way of improving the future for everyone, and of building connections between people and communities that will transform the way we relate to each other.
