Media Coverage
The following links provide media coverage of the Scottish Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications:
- Speaking to Deutsche Welle about Galileo GNSS system and Brexit (17 May 2018, Deutsche Welle)
- Director of SoXSA, speaking with BBC Radio Scotland about the Tiangong-1 re-entry and space debris (2 April 2018, BBC Radio Scotland)
- Dr Hina Khan, Innovation Lead, speaking with EEN about the emerging space sector in Scotland (6 February 2018, EEN)
- Dr Malcolm Macdonald, Director of SoXSA, speaking with BBC Scotland about Shetland and the space programme activity taking place there. (14 November 2017, BBC News)
- Innovation Lead at SoXSA, Dr Hina Khan, joined Craig Clark, CEO of Clyde Space, to discuss how space technology and the data from this technology is impacting society (12 September 2017, Facebook LIVE)
- Director of SoXSA appointed as Non-Executive Steering Board Member for UK Space Agency (8 August 2017, UK Space Agency Blog)
- BQ Magazine article following on from Data.Space2017 and looking at the potential of the Scottish space sector and showcasing Scotland on an international level (17 March 2017, BQ Magazine)
- Speaking to the Scottish Sun about spaceports and the Scottish space sector, our Director, Dr Malcolm Macdonald is interviewed as part of a Space Week series (5 March 2017, The Scottish Sun)
- SoXSA’s Solutions Architect, Jimmy Slaughter, interviewed with The Press and Journal to talk about how businesses in the Highlands and Islands are making use of space technology and satellite data (20 February 2017, The Press and Journal)
- Local entrepreneurs and space companies along with Data.Space2017 featured in The National (20 February 2017, The National)
- Coverage of Director of SoXSA, Dr Malcolm Macdonald, on BBC News about the possiblity of a spaceport in Scotland (28 January 2017, BBC News)
- Dr Malcolm Macdonald, Director of SoXSA, on Sunday Politics Scotlanddiscussing the space sector in Scotland and the location of a UK Spaceport (20 November 2016, Sunday Politics Scotland) – starts at 59:00
- Director of SoXSA, Dr Malcolm Macdonald, was on BBC Radio Scotland talking about space missions in light of the Rosetta crash (30 September 2016, BBC Radio Scotland) – no longer available
- Business Development Manager, Dr Hina Bacai, was interviewed on BBC Radio Scotland about the crashing of Rosetta on Comet 67P (30 September 2016, BBC Radio Scotland) – starts at 2:34:30
- Dr Malcolm Macdonald, interviewed by the The Sun regarding the new discovery of Proxima B. (1 September 2016, The Sun)
- Dr Malcolm Macdonald was featured and quoted in the Independent article ‘How close are humans coming to colonising space?‘ (5 August 2016, The Independent)
- ‘Brexit – The View from Scotland‘ article, Dr Malcolm Macdonald was featured about the Brexit vote and the Space sector in Scotland (4 July 2016, SpaceNews)
- Highland businesses urged to enter the space race (21 June 2016, The Press and Journal)
- Director of SoXSA, Dr Malcolm Macdonald was interviewed by BBC Radio Scotland about the TeSeR project, a project with the University of Strathclyde and Airbus Defence looking at preventing debris collisions in space. Start listening around 1hr 54mins (no longer available). (11 May 2016, BBC Scotland) or read the articles featured in the Scotsman and ScienMag
- Strathclyde-led project to open up space technology to new nations (16 April 2016)
- Dr Malcolm Macdonald interview following Hebridean rocket launch (3 February 2016, BBC Scotland) along with follow up article on the BBC website.
- Discussion with Good Morning Scotland about the value and future opportunities in Space in the UK (16 Dec 2015, BBC Radio Scotland) – no longer available
- Speaking on Scotland 2015, Dr Malcolm Macdonald discusses the importance of space in light of the Tim Peake launch (15 Dec 2015, Scotland 2015) – interview based on Dr Macdonald’s blog
- Dr Malcolm Macdonald on the Kaye Adams Programme speaking about the Principa Mission (15 Dec 2015, BBC Radio Scotland) – no longer available
- Dr Malcolm Macdonald on John Beattie discussing future space opportunities & the Tim Peake launch (15 Dec 2015, BBC Radio Scotland) – no longer available
- Dr Hina Bacai on the Kaye Adams Programme discussing the Geminid meteor shower (7 Dec 2015, BBC Radio Scotland) – no longer available
- BBC Radio Scotland featuring Dr Malcolm Macdonald talking about the Alien Megastructure (15 Oct 2015, BBC Radio Scotland) – no longer available
- BBC Radio Scotland featuring Dr Malcolm Macdonald about satellite usage in the precision of keeping time (15 Aug 2015, BBC Radio Scotland) – no longer available
- Interview with Dr Malcolm Macdonald for The Engineer about cutting costs of renewables (7 May 2015, The Engineer)
- Interview with Dr Malcolm Macdonald in the National about cutting costs of renewables (7 May 2015, The National)
- Newsdrive interview with Dr Malcolm Macdonald about renewables (4 May 2015, BBC Radio Scotland) – no longer available
- BBC Radio Scotland interview with Dr Hina Bacai about Prestwick Spaceport (27 April 2015, BBC Radio Scotland) – no longer available
- BBC Radio Scotland interview with Dr Hina Bacai (19 March 2015, BBC Radio Scotland) – no longer available
- BBC Radio Scotland interview with Dr Malcolm Macdonald (11 February 2015, BBC Radio Scotland) – no longer available
- BBC Radio Scotland coverage of space sector in Scotland (28 January 2015, BBC Radio Scotland) – no longer available
- BBC coverage of growing space sector in Scotland (28 January 2015, BBC News Scotland)
- SpaceX prepares for significant rocket landing attempt (5 January 2015, The Telegraph)
- BBC Radio interview with Dr Hina Bacai (14 November 2014, BBC Radio Scotland) – no longer available
- Space business hub launched at Strathclyde University (17 March 2014, BBC News)
- Scottish satellite applications centre to open at Strathclyde (17 March 2014, The Engineer)
- Space innovation hub to open at Strathclyde (17 March 2014, New Electronics)
- SCESA: bringing space technologies down to earth (31 March 2014, Defence Contracts magazine)
- All systems go for Scotland’s space industry (13 April 2014, The Herald)
