Ministers today (30 December) announced backing for ground-breaking research analysing satellite images that will better predict the future impact of climate change in towns and cities and inform future government action. A new £5 million satellite data centre involving the Universities of Edinburgh and Leeds will use cutting-edge satellite technology Read more…
The Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) has launched a new Special Interest Group (SIG) to support the geospatial community to accelerate innovation and grow the UK economy. The SIG was formally opened at GeoBusiness 2019 on the 22nd May and is designed to help stimulate cross sector innovation in the geospatial Read more…
The UK Space Agency is offering grants of up to £3,000 for organisations to take on recent graduates (2017 or 2018) or postgraduate students for work placements in the space industry. Closing Date: 5pm, 30 October 2018 or earlier if funds exhausted The funding, from the Agency’s Space Placements in Industry (SPIN) Read more…
Contract summary: Industry = Data services – 72300000 Location of contract = South West Published date = 01 May 2018 Closing date = 15 May 2018 Contract is suitable for SMEs? = Yes Contract is suitable for VCSEs? = No The UKSA wishes to acquire access to legacy/archive high resolution Read more…
The Satellite Applications Catapult has announced that Lucy Edge will be joining the company as Chief Operations Officer (COO) on 28 February 2018. Lucy joins the Catapult with a career history in satellite technology, most recently working at Avanti Communications. During her time at Avanti, Lucy led the company’s team Read more…
The Government is developing a new strategy to implement the principles set out in the 2015 National Space Policy. The four principles in the National Space Policy are that Government: 1. Recognises that space is of strategic importance to the UK because of the value that space programmes deliver back Read more…