Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has gone live with a new Lunar Mission Builder App designed to calculate the communications service a lunar mission could receive from SSTL’s Lunar Pathfinder communications spacecraft, due to launch in 2023. The new tool is available at www.sstl.co.uk/lunarapp SSTL’s Head of Lunar Exploration, Nelly Read more…
Wednesday 1 September 2021 at 14:00. This one-hour session will include a presentation from JNCC colleagues, a demo of Jupiter notebooks using the data cube, and Q&A. Draft programme: Brief outline of the Data Cube project Analysis Ready Data (Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2) Infrastructure on JASMIN used to host and manage Read more…
The UK Space Agency has announced that imagery from the UK’s share of NovaSAR data is now available via the SeDAS portal. NovaSAR-1 is an S-band SAR satellite which has been optimised with several imaging modes, including a 6m resolution imaging mode for a range of applications, such as flood Read more…
Geospatial analysis is describing our changing physical and human landscapes like never before. The insights gained can predict patterns of human behaviour and changes on earth that most take for granted, but for Sparkgeo Inc, this is where the most valuable information is found. Sparkgeo partners with some of the world’s biggest Read more…
The UK Space Agency invites proposals for space technology research and development projects to the National Space Technology Programme (NSTP) – Grants for Exploratory Ideas (GEI). This NSTP Call aims to develop the capability of the UK space sector by providing seed funding for early-stage innovative ideas. Project proposals are Read more…
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and the Advanced Satellite for the Philippines and Know-how Transfer for the Philippines (ASP) Project of the Space Technology Applications Mastery, Innovation and Advancement (STAMINA4Space) Program are pleased to announce that the newly-named MULA (Multi-spectral Unit for Land Assessment) satellite has passed its Qualification Status Read more…
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has signed a contract with LatConnect 60, based in Australia, to provide high resolution optical data from the SSTL S1-4, an Earth observation satellite which was launched in September 2018. SSTL will retain ownership and overall in-orbit satellite operation, and will lease imaging payload capacity Read more…
The UK space sector holds great potential, generating an annual income of £14.8 billion—but could require a rethink, with UK investment in the sector lagging far behind that of nations including France and Italy. Inquiry: UK space strategy and UK satellite infrastructure Science and Technology Committee Following the establishment of a new National Read more…
This is a one-day event, hosted by Alastair Graham of Geoger and focussed on all things to do with spatially gridded data. To be held on Friday 15th January 2021, there are a host of different sessions planned including discussion panels, lightning talks and thematic sessions. Registrations are now open Read more…
An international team, led by the University of Nottingham in the UK and including BARSC member Specto Natura, is developing the SAtellite SArgassum Monitoring System (SASAMS). This is planned to be a near real-time service for monitoring pelagic sargassum seaweed beaching, initially aimed at Mexico’s Caribbean Coast. For the last Read more…