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Space Enterprise Labs to open across UK providing physical spaces for national collaboration

6 Space Enterprise Labs (SEL) open today at locations across the UK Will provide collaborative technology, resources and expertise to space organisations and academic institutions...

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Ubiquitous Connectivity One Step Closer Thanks to 5G RuralDorset

After three awards and two world-firsts, one could be forgiven for assuming the 5G RuralDorset project had peaked. The ground-breaking DCMS (Department for Digital, Culture,...

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COP26 Showcases IPP CommonSensing Solution

The IPP CommonSensing project will feature at two events at this year’s COP26 in Glasgow. The first, titled “Role of earth observation data and tools...

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5GRuralDorset Leads World in 5G Satellite Backhaul Research

World firsts are rare. Yet for the second time in recent months, the 5GRuralDorset project has found itself at the cutting edge of telecommunications research....

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Using Satellite Technology to Monitor Disused Coal Tips

In September 2021, the Satellite Applications Catapult began working with the Coal Authority, on behalf of the Welsh Government, on using Earth Observation (EO) data...

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Hack the Planet Competition 2021 – Meet the inspiring finalists offering ground-breaking climate and ocean solutions

After an unprecedented pan-Commonwealth search for innovative solutions to tackle the challenges of the climate emergency and ocean sustainability, the Satellite Applications Catapult and the...

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Space Enterprise Labs to open across UK providing physical spaces for national collaboration

The second cohort of the Satellite Applications Catapult’s network of Space Enterprise Labs (SEL) open today at locations across the UK, providing users with access...

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Year of Climate – Net Zero and Holding Industry to Account

Governments and businesses around the world have made significant commitments to reducing emissions in the race to Net Zero by 2050. Industrial processes create a...

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SmallSats: a new technological frontier in ecology and conservation?

Catapult Co-Author: Cristian Rossi Abstract: We are in the midst of a revolution in satellite technology, with the rapid development and advancement of small satellites...

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5G RuralDorset scoops three awards at Connected Britain

A ground-breaking DCMS and Dorset Council-backed project aimed at exploring how next generation connectivity can benefit the people that live and work in rural areas...

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Excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic: a geospatial and statistical analysis in Mogadishu, Somalia

Catapult Co-Authors: Terri Freemantle, Yolanda Vazquez, Chris Reeve,  Abstract:  Background – While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been well documented in high-income countries,...

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What does space-based solar power mean for the future of fossil fuel-based energy? How will it help us achieve our net zero targets?

Since John F Kennedy challenged the USA with his ‘moonshot’ in 1961, and put a man on the moon within a decade, we have been...

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