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Airbus checking ocean satellite Sentinel-6A’s operational fitness

November 15th, 2019 Posted in News

15 November 2019 – Airbus space engineers are currently testing the Copernicus Sentinel-6A satellite at the Space Test Centre of Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG) in Ottobrunn – near Munich – to prove its readiness for space. During...

SSTL Announces NovaSAR-1 Data Deal with the Philippines

November 7th, 2019 Posted in News

7 November 2019 – Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has signed an agreement with Republic of the Philippines’ Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) to provide a share of the tasking and...

SSTL ships Target satellite to Tokyo for Astroscale’s ELSA-d Mission

November 7th, 2019 Posted in News

The ELSA-d mission comprises of a Chaser satellite and the Target satellite, and will demonstrate key technologies for orbital debris removal 7 November 2019 – Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has shipped a 16kg Target satellite for Astrosca...

Space – an ideal place to launch your engineering career from

November 6th, 2019 Posted in Thought Leadership

As part of Tomorrow’s Engineering Week 2019, the UK Space Agency’s Skills & Careers Lead, Kathie Bowden, details the array of early career engineering opportunities across the UK space sector. Engineering opportunities in the UK space sector f...

UK and Australia team up to use space technology to protect Pacific from climate change impact

November 3rd, 2019 Posted in News

3 November 2019 – Pacific island countries vulnerable to climate change will benefit from space technology to help them plan for and prevent natural disasters, thanks to a new UK and Australian partnership. The UK Space Agency is looking for proje...

ESA and Airbus to cooperate on the Bartolomeo platform

October 24th, 2019 Posted in News

24 October 2019 – The European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus Defence and Space today signed a Statement of Intent on their common interest to use the Bartolomeo external platform for a limited number of scientific missions on the International Spa...

Graham Peters’s speech to the Parliamentary Space Committee (Oct 2019)

October 23rd, 2019 Posted in Thought Leadership

UKspace Chair, Graham Peters, gave the following speech to the Parliamentary Space Committee on 23 October 2019. Thank you Minister. Thank you ADS and Tom Rawlison in particular for organising this event, and of course to David Morris and Mark Gar...

Reaction Engines Precooler Mach 5 Test Process

Reaction Engines test programme fully validates precooler at hypersonic heat conditions

October 22nd, 2019 Posted in News

22 October 2019 – Reaction Engines has successfully tested its innovative precooler at airflow temperature conditions representing Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound, marking a significant milestone in the development of its SABRE™ eng...

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