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Free satellite data available to help tackle public sector challenges
Anyone working in the UK public sector can now receive free access to more than a thousand high-resolution satellite images of Britain, the UK Space Agency announced today (21 March 2019).
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UK to tackle danger of the solar wind and find new Earth-like planets
New national space funding worth £7 million will ensure UK scientists play a leading role in a new space weather mission, the Science Minister Chris Skidmore announced on the first day of British Science Week (8 March).
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Mars rover gets work-out controlled from more than 6,000 miles away
A space control centre in the UK has been used to test-drive a prototype Mars rover thousands of miles away in Chile’s Atacama desert.
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Four companies awarded grant funding to develop commercial range control services
The UK Space Agency has confirmed that four organisations have been awarded over £350,000 in grant funding for the development of commercial range control services at multiple spaceport sites across the country.
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£18m for OneWeb satellite constellation to deliver global communications
Affordable worldwide internet coverage is one step closer today, after £18 million of UK Space Agency funding was awarded to OneWeb through the European Space Agency, to aid the development of its next generation satellite constellation.
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Youngsters learn about careers on offer in growing Earth Observation sector
A hundred students took part in an event hosted by the UK Space Agency to showcase the wide range of careers available using satellite data to monitor and manage our planet.
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