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Leading UK space firm In‐Space Missions Ltd announces major expansion and job creation plans

April 12th, 2021 Posted in News

In‐Space Missions, the Hampshire‐based company that designs, builds and operates satellites and plans space missions for clients all over the UK and internationally, has today expanded into state‐of‐the‐art new premises and announced plans to crea...

UK Space Agency launches multi-million pound drive to design hospital of the future

April 1st, 2021 Posted in News

The government has invited the UK’s world-leading innovators to help design a new ‘space age’ hospital that could use technologies and techniques pioneered on missions to Mars or the International Space Station, to help treat patients and make lif...

Inmarsat virtual satellite system for Australian Defence Force

Australian Defence Force takes control with Inmarsat virtual satellite system

March 30th, 2021 Posted in News

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, announce that they have agreed to a AUS$221 million contract extension for the provision of commercial satellite communications airtime s...

ESA's Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission for the Environment (CHIME)

Teledyne e2v confirms VNIR-SWIR detector supply contract for CHIME Copernicus mission

March 30th, 2021 Posted in News

UK-based Teledyne e2v’s Space Imaging group signs contract with aerospace, defence and security company Leonardo to supply a specialized image sensor for the Hyperspectral Imager HSI on-board the Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission for the En...

Successful launch marks key milestone for OneWeb’s ‘Five to 50’ ambition

March 25th, 2021 Posted in News

OneWeb confirms successful launch and contact with all 36 satellites The latest deployment brings the in-orbit constellation to 146 satellites On track to cover 50 degrees Latitude and above by end of year; three more launches to go OneWeb, the Lo...

Scottish-based space companies secure £8.5million to bring pioneering launch technologies to market

March 24th, 2021 Posted in News

Two British space companies have successfully secured a total of £8.5 million to develop their world-leading small satellite launch technologies. Orbex and Skyrora, both based in Scotland, received the funding under the European Space Agency’s (ES...

Rajeev Suri, CEO of Inmarsat, reappointed as a Commissioner for the UN Broadband Commission

March 22nd, 2021 Posted in News

Rajeev Suri, CEO of Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has been reappointed as a Commissioner to the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. Founded in 2010 by the International Telecommunication Un...

UK space sector gets £1 million boost to support international innovation

March 19th, 2021 Posted in News

Five new projects have been awarded a share of over £1 million of government funding to work with international partners on innovative space technology. Projects to remotely probe ice on Mars to help explorers find life below the surface, a system...

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