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University of Leicester

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The University of Leicester is a public research university in the UK with a significant presence in the space industry. Its Space Research Centre (SRC) has a long history of involvement in space missions, developing instruments for organizations like NASA, ESA, UKSA, and JAXA. The university is also home to Space Park Leicester, a collaborative hub for space-related businesses and research, and it offers postgraduate programs in Space Exploration Systems. Key areas of activity include space instrumentation, space mission design, and Earth observation.

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Leicester, England, United Kingdom
www.le.ac.uk
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The University of Leicester received £183,000 to develop sample return instrument boxes and portable sample containers to support rover and sample return missions.

FinancialCapabilityPlanValue 4.5Nov 23, 2023UK Space Agency Announces Funding for 23 Ground-Breaking Space Technology Projects

CGI and the University of Leicester are working with nationally mandated user organizations Geoscience Australia and ONF France to implement and demonstrate EO services for improved wildfire risk management.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 24, 2021AI +EO Services For Wildfire Mapping To Be Developed By CGI

CGI and the University of Leicester are partnering with nationally mandated user organizations Geoscience Australia and ONF France to implement and demonstrate Earth Observation services for improved wildfire risk management.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Feb 23, 2021ESA selects CGI to develop services combining AI and EO for wildfire mapping

Bluesky International is partnering with the University of Leicester to co-fund an advanced postgraduate degree study into the use of LiDAR, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to create citywide maps of trees.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.6Oct 13, 2020Bluesky funds University of Leicester study into use of LiDAR for detailed tree analysis

Bleddyn Bowen, a lecturer in international relations at the University of Leicester, assessed that Britain could seek passive third-party access to Galileo PRS in a manner similar to how U.S. military allies use GPS.

LegalValue 1.3Dec 4, 2018UK ends Galileo talks, says it will explore a homegrown alternative
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