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UK space safety centre marks one-year milestone  

UK space safety centre marks one-year milestone  

Millions across the UK are benefiting from the protection of vital space infrastructure provided by the National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) - which celebrates its first anniversary. 

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Enabling Technologies Programme: Advanced and Novel Space Instruments

Posted by: Emily Jayne Peters, Posted on: 18 November 2024 - Categories: Catalysing Investment, Funding
Northern Lights

The UK Space Agency's Enabling Technologies Programme is helping push the frontiers of instrumentation in space science, engineering and applications.

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Planet hunting and meteor spotting: the night sky in November 2024

Posted by: Derek Smale, Posted on: 15 November 2024 - Categories: Astronomy
NGC 6744. Credit: ESA / Euclid / Euclid Consortium / NASA / J.-C. Cuillandre / G. Anselmi

November is a great month to see the planets of our Solar System, meteor showers, and the Andromeda Galaxy.

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NITEMARES: Uncovering the Invisible Secrets of Mars

Posted by: Connor Perkins, Posted on: 31 October 2024 - Categories: Delivering Missions and Capabilities, Funding
In this image, the proposed International Mars Ice Mapper (I-MIM) in orbit around Mars quantifies the distribution and volume of water ice. Image: NASA.

UK Space Agency funding supports the Open University to develop leading technology that maps the surface of Mars with invisible IR light.

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Enabling Technologies Programme: Sensors & Comms

Posted by: Emily Jayne Peters, Posted on: 24 October 2024 - Categories: Catalysing Investment, Funding
A satellite orbiting Earth.

Learn about several cutting-edge UK projects in satellite sensors and communications, funded by the UK Space Agency.

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Microwaves on the Moon

Posted by: UK Space Agency, Posted on: 17 October 2024 - Categories: Applications, Funding, Space science

An innovative UK project funded by the UK Space Agency is using microwave technology to help us build a sustainable presence on the Moon.

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A new challenge: using satellite tech to monitor Algal Blooms in Northern Ireland

Posted by: Chris McQuire, Posted on: 11 October 2024 - Categories: Earth observation, Satellites

The UK Space Agency is aiming to address the challenges blue-green algal blooms pose to Lough Neagh and its surrounding communities.

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Visiting comets and autumnal meteors: the night sky in October 2024

Posted by: Derek Smale, Posted on: 9 October 2024 - Categories: Astronomy
The autumn night sky rising over Dartmoor National Park. Credit: Derek Smale

The longer nights of October provide more time to see the autumnal skies before the nights get chiller! It’s a great month for meteors, seeing the closest and brightest galaxy in our skies, and later in the month there’s a …

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Enabling Technologies Programme: Aiding Exploration 

Posted by: Emily Jayne Peters, Posted on: 7 October 2024 - Categories: Applications, Delivering Missions and Capabilities, Space exploration, Space science
Screenshot of extended reality software “Realm” during an in-orbit refuelling scenario. Image credit: GMV

An overview of the ways that the UK Space Agency funds national efforts to drive innovation in space exploration and human space activity through the Enabling Technologies Programme (ETP).

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Enabling Technologies Programme: Lasers!

Posted by: Emily Jayne Peters, Posted on: 24 September 2024 - Categories: Delivering Missions and Capabilities
The ETP2-006 team carrying out the first successful demonstration of GLAMIS. Image: Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics

Through the Enabling Technologies Programme (ETP), the UK Space Agency is supporting the development of laser technologies for space applications.

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What is the Enabling Technologies Programme?

Posted by: UK Space Agency, Posted on: 17 September 2024 - Categories: Funding
The Vega rocket’s final launch with the Sentinel-2C satellite on board. Image: ESA/ArianeGroup/Arianespace/CNES

The National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP) offers funding opportunities for high-risk, high-reward technologies and applications that strengthen the UK’s offering to the space sector. NSIP works to boost UK prosperity, drive innovation and capture market share. Under NSIP’s remit, the …

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