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Horizon Technologies and the Satellite Applications Catapult to supply satellite data to the UK National Maritime Information Centre

Horizon Technologies and the Satellite Applications Catapult have signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC) to supply satellite data from...

First data collected by Satellite Applications Catapult’s first In-Orbit Demonstration programme satellite

Following successful deployment from the International Space Station on 3rd July 2019 at 11.15am (BST), satellite for IOD-1 GEMS have successfully tasked the satellite to...

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Understanding and Monitoring Natural Capital and the Opportunity for Geospatial Solutions

Even if they don’t realise it, most businesses derive benefit from the natural world and are exposed to risk where these are degraded. Where investment...

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A Problem Shared is a Problem Halved?

Maral Bayaraa, Earth Observation Specialist at the Satellite Applications Catapult, travels down under to find out what a volcanologist, medic, geophysicist, geologist, forensic scientist and...

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Innovative UK space technology protects Malaysian coastline from oil slick

The Satellite Applications Catapult, leading a consortium of innovative UK companies, has successfully created a system that can automatically detect oil slicks from space and...

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Satellite Applications Catapult to grow presence in Wales

The Satellite Applications Catapult is today announcing that it will open a new regional office at the Snowdonia Aerospace Centre in Llanbedr, Gwynedd. The office,...

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The UK Government’s Green Finance Strategy and the Opportunity for Geospatial Solutions

Aligning private sector financial flows with clean, environmentally sustainable and resilient growth and strengthening the competitiveness of the UK financial sector. These are the ambitious...

Apollo 11: The Launch – 50 years on

“We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth” – William A. Anders, Lunar...

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SeDAS API – Python Client

Did you know the SeDAS system has an API to allow programs to search and download data from it? It hasn’t had a lot of...

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STEPHANIE shines a light on North East space opportunities

AN INNOVATIVE programme in the North East is looking to help more businesses take advantage of the growing space technology sector. Space technology, including photonics,...

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Spaceport Cornwall: The UK’s Horizontal Launch Solution

Newquay Airport have secured up to £20 million from Cornwall Council and the UK Space Agency to continue with plans to develop the airport into...

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Connected Places Catapult Mission to China

In Partnership with HMG Science and Innovation Network and Satellite Applications Catapult, the Connected Places Catapult are running a mission to China to enable UK...

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