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Government backs UK companies tackling dangerous ‘space junk’

September 16th, 2020 Posted in News

Seven UK companies awarded a share of over £1 million to help track debris in space Currently there are approximately 160 million objects in orbit – mainly debris – which could collide with satellites vital to services we use every day UK Space Ag...

DoT-1 sub-satellite track (white) and GPS reflection tracks (yellow) collected during 40 minute data operation.

SSTL demonstrates new GNSS-R payload capabilities

September 10th, 2020 Posted in News

The successful demo consolidates concept designs for a proposed land sensing ESA Scout mission, HydroGNSS Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has successfully demonstrated GNSS-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) from its 18kg DoT-1 satellite. SSTL has pion...

Astroscale UK appoints Sharon Parker-Lines as Operations Director

September 2nd, 2020 Posted in News

Astroscale Ltd. (“Astroscale UK”), the UK subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”), the market-leader in securing long-term orbital sustainability, today announced the strengthening of its management team with the appointment of Sharo...

Mark Hewer appointed CEO of Telespazio UK

September 1st, 2020 Posted in News

Telespazio UK announces the appointment of Mark Hewer as CEO of the company. He succeeds Marco Folino, who has been appointed as Managing Director and CEO of Spaceopal (a DLR GfR and Telespazio company). Mark starts work at the Telespazio UK Luton...

New UK space projects to boost global sustainable development receive £3.4 million cash boost

August 19th, 2020 Posted in News

Government backs new pioneering space projects that will apply UK expertise to tackling development problems across the globe UK academics will work on space solutions for world issues from tackling human trafficking and forced labour groups to el...

UK space launch sector builds foundation for collaborative future

August 6th, 2020 Posted in News

Industry leaders are urging the UK government to establish world-class rules to enable safe, environmentally conscious and commercially viable space launches from British soil. A series of UK-wide workshops aimed at developing a common industry po...

Teledyne’s CCDs integrated into remote sensing instruments on board NASA’s Mars Rover Perseverance

July 28th, 2020 Posted in News

Teledyne CCD42-10 image sensors searching for organic compounds to prove signs of past microbial life on the Red Planet. Teledyne e2v, a Teledyne Technologies [NYSE: TDY] company and part of the Teledyne Imaging Group, is providing its CCD42-10 im...

SFN launches the Connect Project in collaboration with UKspace

July 27th, 2020 Posted in News

At this unprecedented time of COVID-19, the Satellite Finance Network (SFN) and UKspace are collaborating to provide their respective members with an opportunity to “Connect”. This is an introductory service for skilled individuals and companies t...

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