Catapult Network Awarded Investment
Today, we welcome the announcement from Government of a £780m investment in the Catapult network, securing the next five years of innovation and R&D in...
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News and Comment
Latin America Engagement Update
One of the Satellite Application Catapult’s key roles is to open international opportunities for the UK satellite applications sector. With Chile and the surrounding regions playing...
Small Satellite Market Intelligence
Florian Deconinck, our Small Satellite Programme Manager, celebrates the 1-year anniversary of our quarterly report, and explains how you could feature in our next edition!...
Research into the value of satellite-derived Earth Observation capabilities to UK Government
Click here to find out more and to download the report. London Economics were commissioned by Innovate UK to evidence the current and near-term potential...
Sustainable fishing start-up, OceanMind spins out from the Satellite Applications Catapult
The Satellite Applications Catapult is delighted to announce its OceanMind business unit is now an independent, not-for-profit company. This pioneering new entity will continue its...
Study reveals it is possible to identify potential lithium “hot-spots” from space
A team of scientists have proved that satellites can detect characteristics in vegetation and minerals on the surface, which when combined with geological data, could...
Catapult partners with Kepler Communications to accelerate growth in Low Earth Orbit telecommunications services
Catapult awards In-Orbit Demonstration Mission 5 (IOD 5) to Kepler Communications to accelerate market access in response to emerging global opportunities for wide-area Internet of...
Finding flatroofs with QGIS
Emily Selwood is a Software Engineer at the Satellite Applications Catapult, following a Hackathon event in Bristol earlier this year Emily has developed a way...
Catapult expands In-Orbit Demonstration Programme working with Open Cosmos to offer new 6U CubeSat mission opportunity
The Satellite Applications Catapult is expanding its landmark In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) Programme with support from the UK Space Agency. In collaboration with Open Cosmos, today...
Launching Air Quality Monitoring into the 21st Century
We’re excited to announce that Eloise Marais, Research Scientist at the University of Birmingham, is working with the Satellite Applications and Future Cities Catapults as...
Small Satellites – How do we predict trends?
Nick has been our Space Technology Business Analyst Intern for the past year and has been an excellent asset to the Small Satellites and Future...
Goonhilly lands £24m investment enabling global expansion
Investment in Goonhilly Earth Station will include building a private global deep space network. 13 May 2018 – Cornwall, UK: Following the recent £8.4m contract...