The Satellite Applications Catapult is a UK-based independent innovation and technology company established to drive economic growth by fostering the use of satellite technologies. It acts as a catalyst, connecting businesses and academia to promote the development and commercialization of space-based applications. The Catapult provides facilities, expertise, and collaborative platforms to support projects ranging from sustainable supply chains to enhanced communications, aiming to help organizations benefit from satellite services and capture a larger share of the global space market. Key areas of focus include satellite imagery, data analysis, and the development of new space technologies.
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The UK-ACE CCN is part funded by the Satellite Applications Catapult and led by the Harwell Space Cluster – Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
Connected Capability Networks (CCNs) have been created by the Satellite Applications Catapult to foster growth within the UK Space Ecosystem since 2013.
Open Cosmos designed, built, and tested HAMMER at its facilities in Harwell, United Kingdom with support from the Satellite Applications Catapult’s In Orbit Demonstration program.
The lost Horizon Technologies Amber™ payload flight was part of the Satellite Applications Catapult IOD-3 Program for which Horizon Technologies was competitively selected in 2019.
The lost Amber payload launch was part of the Satellite Applications Catapult IOD-3 Programme for which Horizon Technologies was competitively selected in 2019.
Amber IOD-3 was a 6U cubesat that was part of a program led by the Satellite Applications Catapult with Horizon Technologies as prime contractor.
The xSPANCION project is structured as a Public Private Partnership involving AAC Clyde Space, Bright Ascension, the University of Strathclyde, D-Orbit UK, Alden Legal UK, the Satellite Applications Catapult, the UK Space Agency, and the European Space Agency.
The Satellite Applications Catapult and Open Cosmos have signed an agreement to build and launch a demonstration satellite to join the Open Cosmos OpenConstellation.
The Satellite Applications Catapult and Open Cosmos signed an agreement in May 2023 in Harwell, Oxfordshire to build and launch a demonstration Earth observation satellite for Open Cosmos’ OpenConstellation.
The Start Me Up manifest included the IOD-3 AMBER satellite developed by Satellite Applications Catapult and Horizon Technologies and built by AAC Clyde Space, intended as the first of more than 20 Amber satellites for maritime domain awareness.
IOD-3 AMBER was developed by Satellite Applications Catapult and Horizon Technologies and built by AAC Clyde Space, all based in the United Kingdom.
IOD-3 Amber is a 6U cubesat developed by the Satellite Applications Catapult, Horizon Technologies, and the UK Space Agency and designed and built by AAC Clyde Space.
The Satellite Applications Catapult’s In-Orbit Demonstration program supports UK businesses to rapidly develop and launch a satellite data service into orbit.
IOD-3 AMBER (aka IOD-3) was developed by Satellite Applications Catapult and Horizon Technologies and built by AAC Clyde Space in the U.K.
The COSMIC mission will be developed in collaboration with 10 UK-based partner companies including MDA UK, Thales Alenia Space UK, Nammo, GMV-NSL, NORSS, Goonhilly, Satellite Applications Catapult, and Willis Towers Watson.
Optisys expanded the company’s UK footprint by joining the Satellite Applications Catapult Co-space facility in Harwell.
Satellite Applications Catapult provides facilities and expertise at the Westcott Innovation Centre to support propulsion development and testing.
The Satellite Applications Catapult and Virgin Orbit have an agreement to launch the Amber-1 satellite from the United Kingdom later 2022.
The National In-Orbit Servicing Control Centre was developed by Astroscale in partnership with the Satellite Applications Catapult and funded by UK Research & Innovation.
The ELSA-d mission is operated in the UK from the National In-Orbit Servicing Control Centre, a specialist facility developed by Astroscale in partnership with the Satellite Applications Catapult and funded by UK Research & Innovation.