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EC’s Research Executive Agency’s Space Unit seeking experts

May 7th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

6 May 2015 – The Space Unit of the EC's Research Executive Agency (REA) is looking for experts to evaluate proposals in the space calls of Horizon 2020. Experts are needed for all areas, in particular Earth Observation, Protection of European...

Airbus Defence and Space and Cisco seal global agreement on defense, security and satellite communication market

May 6th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

6 May 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space and Cisco today announced a new global partner agreement that will combine their complementary technology strengths in the defense, security and satellite communication industries to create innovative pro...

SSTL delivers first of the FORMOSAT-7 constellation spacecraft to Taiwan

May 1st, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

1 May 2015 – Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has delivered the first spacecraft for the FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 weather forecasting constellation to the National Space Organization (NSPO) in Taiwan, where it has successfully passed a serie...

UK primary students win competition to send experiments into space

April 27th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

27 April 2015 – Students from Croydon and Esher Primary Schools will soon be sending their own experiments into space after winning the Astro Pi “Big Idea” competition. Blasting to the top amongst hundreds of entrants, their ideas will now be...

Airbus Defence and Space selected by CNES to build MERLIN – the first Franco-German Earth observation satellite

April 27th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

27 April 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, has signed a contract with the French space agency (CNES) to build the platform and carry out final integration of the MERLIN (MEthaneRemote sensing LIdar mis...

Airbus Defence and Space: 64th successful launch in a row of Ariane 5

April 26th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

26 April 2015 – Ariane 5 has been successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana, for the 64th time in a row, once again confirming the reliability of the European launcher. This was the 222nd Ariane flight and the 78th Ariane 5 launch.

Schools’ Satellite Project is Out of This World!

April 24th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

24 April 2015 – Working with Oxford Space Systems, students from Didcot Sixth Form College, Oxfordshire presented their group project – an antenna deployment mechanism – at the regional final of the Engineering Education Scheme (EES).

2015 European Satellite Navigation Competition and Copernicus Masters launched at Houses of Parliament

April 22nd, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

22 April 2015 – The House of Commons yesterday hosted the official launch of the 2015 European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) and Copernicus Masters, both of which are being supported by the Satellite Applications Catapult.

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