The UK Space Agency is further funding eleven space projects involving UK work with international partners on innovative technology. The agency’s International Bilateral Fund is being used for Phase 2 backing of a range of companies and organisations – from the Alan Turing Institute using Artificial Intelligence to improve space operations to XCAM working on an X-ray imaging instrument to ...
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has announced £50 million of funding for UK companies to develop communication and navigation services for future missions to the Moon. It is part of the European Space Agency’s Moonlight programme, which ultimately aims to launch a constellation of satellites into orbit around the Moon, from 2028. The aim is to allow future astronauts, autonomous ...
The UK Space Agency has awarded £1.2 million to the UK’s south-central region, and the funding includes £300,000 for the newly-formed Space South Central, which is described as the UK’s largest ‘space cluster’. The money will support Space South Central’s aims to promote collaboration and champion space-related business and R&D across Hampshire, Surrey and the Isle of Wight. According to ...
The UK satellite company Satellite Vu, which aims to monitor the thermal footprint of any building on the planet, has turned to SpaceX for the launch of what it describes as the world’s highest resolution thermal imaging satellite. It has signed a deal with Elon Musk’s company to launch the satellite in early 2023. This will be part of a ...
The UK’s Satellite Vu has chosen Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) to build its first satellite to provide high-resolution thermal imagery, which will enable carbon emission monitoring. As a mid Wave Infra-Red (MWIR) thermal imaging satellite, it will be the first of a planned constellation of seven and it is due to be launched into low earth orbit (LEO) in Q4 ...
A UK satellite company will provide the first commercial link between Earth and the Moon, allowing us to explore the lunar surface further thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency. The satellite, named Lunar Pathfinder, will be vital for the planned return missions to the Moon. Built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and supported by £11.6 million in UK ...
The European Space Agency has announced its Moonlight initiative, to provide telecommunications and navigation services for future missions to the Moon. Two consortia have been selected to create the necessary commercially viable constellation of lunar satellites, designed to enable sustainable space exploration. Surrey Satellite Technology will lead the first consortium, both through its lunar services brand SSTL Lunar and as ...
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is sharing images and video of planet Earth taken by a commercial grade Raspberry Pi and camera.
We all know about the issues of space junk, but work is underway with the RemoveDEBRIS satellite to help redress the problem.
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) has signed a contract with Honeywell to supply a satellite to demonstrate the two-way VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) payload for the exactEarth maritime satellite constellation. Called the Vesta satellite, the deal is part of a memorandum of understanding Honeywell Aerospace and the UK Space Agency. It is a configuration of the SSTL-12 satellite platform, aimed at missions of ...
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