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Wake up Rosetta!

January 17th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised
17 January 2014 – On 20 January 2014, the global space community will turn its gaze to Darmstadt (Germany) in anticipation of signals from Rosetta, the comet probe developed and built by Space Systems (formerly Astrium) of Airbus Defence and Space...
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First mission for SSTL’s new X50 platform will be for Kazakh customer

January 14th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised
14 January 2014 – Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Ghalam LLP (Kazakhstan) have agreed that SSTL’s new X50 platform design will deliver KazSTSAT, a small satellite mission announced under a contract signed last year. KazSTSAT will be bas...
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Stargazing week brings UK space industry into sharp focus

January 10th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised
To celebrate the return of Stargazing on BBC2 in January 2014, there have been a series of space-themed interviews throughout the week (6-10 January) across BBC radio and TV with key space businesses. On 7 January there was a space section on the ...
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Reaching for the skies

January 7th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised
UK Space industry reflects on success and prospects as Britain tunes in to BBC’s Stargazing LIVE   As all eyes turn to the skies with the return of Stargazing on BBC2, trade organisation ADS Group highlights the important contribution of the ...
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NPL ‘selfie’ one of Physics World’s pictures of 2013

January 6th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised
Physics World, the member magazine of the Institute of Physics, has chosen a ‘selfie’ taken by NPL scientist Michael de Podesta to be one of its ‘pictures of 2013‘. ‘Selfie’, meaning a self-portrait photograph, ...
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NSC Creative delivers £1.1m worth of work in 2013

December 21st, 2013 Posted in Uncategorised
20 December 2013 – NSC Creative is an animated film production company run by the National Space Centre. It specialises in the production of planetarium shows for clients worldwide, but is increasingly developing simulator shows, websites and othe...