I am delighted to welcome our flagship space trade delegation to Australia and to the Avalon International Airshow. I am pleased it coincides with the 2nd annual UK-Australia Space Bridge anniversary, providing leading UK companies with the platform to engage in constructive dialogue with Australian state and federal governments as well as key stakeholders from industry and academia.
We find ourselves with the opportunity to continue to strengthen our unique partnership further, collaborating on science, research and innovation, enhancing industrial and academic cooperation, aligning our policies and regulations, and boosting our civil and defence space sector alliance.
Louise Cantillon British Consul General and Deputy Trade Commissioner
As outlined in our National Space Strategy, our vision is to develop the UK as a Space nation, to grow our space economy and ensure it is pioneering, and to tackle global challenges like climate change. This is already being achieved through investment, with £6 billion secured from private investors over the last decade for UK space organisations,
and achieved in exports, reflected in the £5.3 billion generated for the UK space sector from international trade in 2020. Core to achieving these goals are furthering relationships with trusted partners, encouraging investment and creating trade opportunities. Our obvious partner of choice is Australia, and the success of our Space Bridge has permeated throughout our National Space Strategy as a beacon of what we should be aspiring to achieve as the international standard.
Australia and the UK have a close trading relationship underpinned by the Free Trade Agreement signed in 2021. Both the UK and Australia’s role within AUKUS highlights our close allyship and commitment to supporting each other across defence, developing joint capabilities, and integrating our technologies and supply chains. Promoting trade across the dual-use aspects of the space sector will work to enforce our collaboration and innovation for civil and defence applications. Together we can use the space sector to ensure the prosperity of our nations.
The first ever National Space Strategy brings together the UK’s strengths in science and technology, defence, regulation and diplomacy to pursue a bold national vision. This strategy identifies five goals and the activities that government, academia and industry will need to take to achieve them.
The first ever National Space Strategy brings together the UK’s strengths in science and technology, defence, regulation, and diplomacy to pursue a bold national vision. This strategy identifies five goals and the activities that government, academia and industry will need to take to achieve them.
The UK space sector is a world-leader in small satellite production and the use of space data to benefit and improve lives and better understand our planet.
The UK space sector is a world-leader in small satellite production and the use of space data to benefit and improve lives and better understand our planet.
£16.5BN
Total space industry income
£5.3BN
Income from exports
£6.9BN
Contribution to UK GDP £836M R&D expenditure
1,293 Space organisations identified
The world’s first Space Bridge between the UK and Australia to unlock improved access to trade, investment and academic opportunities, better advice to businesses and innovative bilateral collaborations.
The world’s first Space Bridge between the UK and Australia to unlock improved access to trade, investment and academic research opportunities, better advice to businesses and innovative bilateral collaborations.
47K Direct employees
73% Employees with BA degree or higher
Major growth influencers for the UK space sector:
• UK Spaceflight Programme
• UN Sustainability Goals
The UK-Australia Space Bridge agreement was signed in February 2021 by:
The UK-Australia Space Bridge agreement was signed in February 2021 by:
Encourage enhanced research and academic collaboration to share expertise, understanding and capabilities.
Boost trade and investment for the UK and Australian space sectors.
THE FOUR PILLARS
Foster innovative international collaboration opportunities.
Ensure the UK remains a ‘partner of choice’ for the Australian space sector and vice versa.
Space Bridge successes since 2021:
• Bilateral Working Groups
• UK-Australia 2021 Roadshows
• UK Space Export Academy
• Ambitious: £250k R&D fund (and $ match-funded)
• UK Space Capabilities
Catalogue (Australia upcoming)
• Collaborations across industry, academia and government
The UK-Australia FTA builds upon the “Space Bridge” partnership signed in February 2021, through increasing knowledge exchange, investment and collaboration within the space sector;
The FTA enhances trade by supporting future pioneering space programs and technology to attract greater global investment in both sectors for the UK space ecosystem;
The deal also provides opportunities for UK companies to gain the broadest and deepest access to the Australian market ever granted by the Australian Government.
• The FTA removes tariffs on all products, making it more competitive for UK space manufacturers to export to Australia;
• The deal also ensures that local British manufacturers and exporters will qualify for tarifffree exports to Australia, without needing to change their existing supply chains;
- For example, space manufacturers will be able to import parts like engines and tech into the UK and still qualify for a 0% tariff when exporting a finished product to Australia;
• UK space manufacturers who want to invest in their supply chains in Australia will now benefit from simpler investment rules as a result of the deal
- Investors will benefit from broader and deeper access to the Australian market –including a rise in the threshold for investments in the space sector, quadrupling to £700 million ($1.2 billion AUD);
• The deal also supports the development of next-generation space technologies, like smart satellites
- It also supports future innovation by ensuring the UK and Australia work more closely and collaboratively together to drive the commercialisation of nextgeneration space technologies.
• UK space sector companies now have a legally guaranteed access to bid for Australian Government contracts – worth £10 billion annually
- This is the most substantial level of access the Australian Government has granted a foreign country.
For more information (Rules of Origin): https://assets.publishing.service. gov.uk/government/uploads/ system/uploads/attachment_ data/file/1040955/uk-australiafree-trade-agreement-fta-rulesof-origin-explainer.pdf
For more information (Customs): https://assets.publishing.service. gov.uk/government/uploads/ system/uploads/attachment_ data/file/1040926/uk-australiafree-trade- agreement-ftacustoms-explainer.pdf
• The FTA ensures that data can flow freely between Australia and the UK;
- Meaning that UK businesses do not face unnecessary barriers to data flows, such as data localisation requirements in Australia;
• The deal also provides greater investment opportunities for Australian venture capitalists to invest in the UK’s thriving space sector and promising space start-ups;
• The deal also assists the development and use of satellite platforms and the application of space data
• The FTA ensures that the UK Government will provide information specifically designed to assist UK companies to trade with Australia;
• The UK Government has committed to establishing a specific website dedicated to SMEs looking to export to/do business with Australia;
- The UK Government will also establish a portal and databases for trade-related information.
• UK space companies will be able to bring their expertise to the Australian market more easily as a result of the deal;
• Professionals including engineers and project managers will now have guaranteed access to apply for visas, allowing for the transfer of skills and knowledge to collaborate on projects within the space sector;
• The deal also facilitates the recognition of professional qualifications across the space sector – allowing UK businesses to export their talent with confidence;
For more information (Mobility): https://assets.publishing.service. gov.uk/government/uploads/ system/uploads/attachment_ data/file/1040947/uk-australiafree-trade-agreement-ftamobility-explainer.pdf
For more information (Data): https://assets.publishing.service. gov.uk/government/uploads/ system/uploads/attachment_ data/file/1040943/uk-australiafree-trade-agreement-fta-dataexplainer.pdf
• The UK is also part of a unique scheme (run only by the Australian Government) to allow talent to live and work in Australia under the new Innovation and Early Careers Skills Exchange.
The UK’s commitment to support global investment is unparalleled.
The Department for International Trade (DIT) works to create Free Trade Agreements, reduce market access barriers, generate inward investment into the UK and to support UK companies to export to the world.
DIT’s Space Sector Team work as the departmental sector experts to help inform trade policy and influence decision-making affecting industry and commercial opportunities for the UK.
We are a world-class trade negotiation and trade promotion department. Our global network of highly dedicated staff brings together policy, promotion and financial expertise. Our mission is to create a prosperous future for all by delivering our priority outcomes:
1. Secure world-class free trade agreements and reduce market access barriers, ensuring that consumers and businesses can benefit from both.
2. Encourage economic growth and a green industrial revolution across all parts of the UK through attracting and retaining inward investment.
3. Support UK business to take full advantage of trade opportunities, including those arising from delivering free trade agreements, facilitating UK exports.
4. Champion the rules-based international trading system and operate the UK’s new trading system, including protecting UK businesses from unfair trade practices.
Our international network provides a global reach in 170 countries. Staff work to ensure global businesses can invest successfully in the UK, whether directly in creating a UK entity or indirectly investing capital in a UK business or development.
DIT’s close partnership with regional investment and economic development agencies in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland means it is well placed to be the gateway to help global businesses achieve their investment objectives in all parts of the UK.
We are the second largest investment destination in the world and are committed to keeping it that way. That’s why we are further improving the way we help investors:
The Investment Atlas
Promoting a portfolio of immediately investable projects which align to Government’s most important strategic agendas: achieving our world leading net zero ambitions and levelling up all parts of the UK. Searchable on great gov.uk
The Office for Investment
Established to provide a dedicated unit linked to No. 10 to ensure significant and high value investments receive the strongest possible cross government support to realise their UK investment.
Supporting global venture capital investors who are increasingly setting up operations and funds in the UK in the booming start-up ecosystem.
Working across government, and a vast network of industry experts and leaders, DIT provides a range of bespoke services to help international businesses expand into the UK.
• Supporting major investments by providing concierge style support through the Office for Investment, including accompanied visits and bespoke identification of site options.
• Providing specialist advice directly to investors about the business environment in the UK, including tax, access to finance, banking, research and development (R&D), visas and skills.
• Advising on access to the UK’s broad spectrum of financial and tax incentives available to investors, including through the Free Ports programme.
• Providing financial modelling to compare the UK against other locations by quality, risk and profit after tax.
• Introducing investors to potential future partners, including universities, local innovators in the supply chain, and local government.
• Continuing support after a business has invested in the UK -providing named ‘account managers’ to assist with expansion, representing a company’s interests in government and, where necessary, resolve investment environment blockages.
• Encouraging exports of invested companies, including through our world-class Export Credit Agency UK Export Finance.
• Entrepreneurial assistance through a network of mentors to help make a commercial success of early-stage companies.
Australia has a strong reputation for science, research and higher education. Its scientists have contributed to a number of highimpact inventions, including penicillin, the bionic ear, the black box flight recorder and Wi-Fi technology. With 0.3% of the world’s population, Australia produces 3% of the world’s scientific research publications.
Australia currently spends around 1.79% of GDP on research and development (R&D), which is below the OECD average of 2.3%. Federal investment in R&D is currently estimated at AU$9.7bn (£4.84bn) with about 20% of this going to the business sector, mainly through a tax concession for companies investing in R&D. Business expenditure on R&D has more than tripled in the last decade, reaching A$17bn in 2017-18. International education is Australia’s largest service export worth a record AU$38.2bn (pre-COVID).
With 7 of its 40 universities consistently ranked in the global Top100, Australia is home to some world-class scientific research organisations. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), founded in 1916, is a public research agency credited with several notable inventions, including the polymer banknote and Aerogard insect repellent. Other public
agencies include the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), which supports research on human biology and health, and the Australian Research Council (ARC), which covers all disciplines including the sciences, humanities and social sciences.
Despite its world-class research and university sectors, Australia struggles to translate these strengths into industry innovation and commercial success. Less than 5% of Australian businesses work with the scientific research community, ranking lowest in the OECD. Australia’s Modern Manufacturing Strategy and Action Plan for Critical Technologies seek to enhance commercialisation by bringing research into priority areas: space, defence, clean energy, biomedical, food and beverage and resource / critical minerals technology. This is promoted by initiatives such as the $240m Trailblazer Universities Programme, which seeks to establish and expand research hubs and commercialisation in critical areas; the ARC Centres of Excellence which support innovative and transformational research Australian Research Councils and Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs), which are funded on a competitive basis to coalesce industry and research bodies towards scientific challenges, commercial translation and sector development.
UK-AU collaboration has received renewed focus in early 2022, spurred on by AUKUS, the Indo-Pacific Tilt, the FTA (specifically with regards to the innovation and Mobility chapters), a Clean Tech Partnership, a Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership, the Space Bridge Agreement and the joint announcement in February by Prime Ministers Johnson and Morrison of Science Partnerships Series, to bring research communities closer together to create ground breaking science and innovation in priority areas. A UK-Australia Quantum Statement of Cooperation is pending signature. Australia also recently announced the AUD60.4m Global Science and Technology Diplomacy Fund, which identifies UK partnerships as a priority in advanced manufacturing, quantum and AI.
Collaboration between the UK and Australia is important across all aspects of higher education and research:
• There are 565 agreements between Australian and UK institutions – which makes the UK Australia’s 5th most frequent partner. Notable partnerships include:
º The University of Warwick has a strategic partnership with Monash University in Melbourne, offering courses made up of components from both institutions.
º The University of Nottingham recently signed an agreement with the University of Adelaide – the Nottingham-Adelaide Alliance, offering a joint PhD and increased institutional collaboration
º The University of Exeter and the University of Queensland partner on the QUEX Institute for Global Sustainability and Wellbeing, which funds and facilitates joint PhDs, international collaboration grants, symposia and staff exchanges to
explore major societal challenges –Digital Worlds, Disruptive Technologies, Healthy Living and Global Environmental Futures
• The main focus of these agreements is student exchange (444), with academic and research collaboration (262) and staff exchange (172) also prominent;
• Co-authored papers have a Field Weighted Citation Impact score of 3.02 – significantly higher than the overall output of both the UK (1.57) and Australia (1.59).
• 10% of UK papers are co-authored with Australia, which is up by 36% since 2018 Historically, collaboration with Australia has centred around researcher-to-researcher partnerships rather than through funderlevel activity. However, Australia is now named as a key partner country for the Fund for International Collaboration (FIC), due to the UK and Australia’s respective positions as global research and development leaders. The FIC aims to catalyse high quality research collaborations through developing new partnerships.
Since the creation of FIC, Australia’s involvement includes a multilateral partnership with InnovateUK on businessled collaboration; research infrastructure funding on gravitational wave observatories in collaboration with the US; and more recently a new bilateral partnership with the NHMRC on improving population health.
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is an international mega-science project to build the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope. Headquartered in the UK, the SKA telescopes will be constructed and operated in Australia and South Africa. They will improve our understanding of the evolution of the Universe and help map hundreds of millions of galaxies.
SIN Australia undertakes bilateral engagement on all science and innovation issues. Some recent examples include:
• Five AU-UK projects for the inaugural Space Bridge competitive funding round to promote innovative and scalable satellite applications.
• Innovate UK Cybersecurity Global Experts Mission Activity supporting the AU-UK Clean Tech Partnership to promote Industrial Decarbonisation via collaboration in hydrogen sectoral development, pilot CCS / CCUS programmes and industrial decarbonisation.
• Science Partnership Series on critical emerging technologies by organising an Innovate UK Global Expert Mission in Cybersecurity, organising a delegation of Australian Quantum experts to attend the UK National Quantum Technology Showcase in London, and a reciprocal delegation to the Australian Quantum Conference
• Innovate UK Global Incubator Programme and Global Business Innovation Programme including 25 UK AgriTech SMEs showcasing at Australia’s largest conference EvokeAg, expecting to build significant partnerships for joint R&D projects
For 2022-23, SIN Australia has five priority themes for exploration and development:
• Clean Energy Technologies (mainly Hydrogen)
• Quantum Applications
• Space and Satellite Applications
• Agriculture Technologies
• Critical Minerals for Environmental Change
In addition to these priorities, SIN Australia works on emerging and disruptive areas of importance for the UK. Impact is delivered by supporting high-level strategic dialogues, identifying fruitful collaboration opportunities, influencing Australian science and innovation policy and feeding into UK policy development. SIN Australia works across government departments and teams both at Post and in the UK.
The information in this document is believed correct at the time of distribution. However, HM Government accepts no liability for any loss or damage incurred as a result of any inaccuracies, howsoever caused.
Contact:
Dr Lara Krasnostein & Geoff Pinfield
UK Science & Innovation Network
British High Commission Canberra (Melbourne based)
Lara.Krasnostein@fcdo.gov.uk
The UK Space Agency inspires and leads the UK in space to benefit our planet and its people.
The UK Space Agency plays a major role in delivering the government’s National Space Strategy.
We support a thriving space sector in the UK, which generates an annual income of £16.5 billion and employs 47,000 people across the country.
Our Value Proposition
� � � � Catalyse investment to support projects that drive investment and generate contracts for the UK space sector.
Through these priorities, the UK Space Agency will support crossagency activity to deliver the initial commitments in the UK’s National Space Strategy.
� � � � � � � �
� Deliver missions and capabilities that meet public needs and advance our understanding of the Universe.
� � � Champion the power of space to inspire people, offer greener, smarter solutions, and support a sustainable future.
� � � � � � � � � � Launch
Supporting satellite launch services from UK spaceports.
� � � Sustainability
Taking a leading role in keeping space safe and accessible now and in the future.
� � � � Discovery
Supporting space science and exploration missions.
� � � � � Innovation
Investing in bold new technologies.
� � � Levelling-up
Boosting space investment and jobs across the country.
� � � Earth observation
Studying our planet to drive discovery and tackle climate change.
� � � � � � � � � Low-Earth orbit
Delivering vital everyday satellite services.
� � � � � � � � Inspiration
Inspiring new space customers, investors and the next generation.
The UK Space Agency plays a key role in the UK’s ambition to collaborate internationally, to unlock growth and to deliver resilient capabilities and services.
Key objectives for international collaboration:
� � Stronger relationships with international partners and become a trusted partner of choice
� � � Increase UK space sector inward investment and export
Develop UK capabilities in collaboration with our international partners
Contact:
Trade AdvisorNorthern Ireland Aerospace, Defence & Space offers a true turnkey supply solution with design, manufacture, certification and testing in one hub. The level of proximity and cohesion is unique – 150 firms within 1 hour drive of each other, a high density of suppliers across all elements of the industry supply chain, from design and manufacture (world leading capabilities in machining, composites, polymers), to coatings, assembly, certification & testing.
Northern Ireland is recognised for its commitment to developing world-class innovative technology for the aerospace, defence, security and space sector. It has a vibrant and rapidly growing space industry, founded on a strong engineering heritage and backed by robust research competence, collaboration, world-leading academic institutions, and integral manufacturing capabilities, skills and experience.
Northern Ireland tech companies offer leading software solutions for earth observation using space and satellite technologies, secure machine-to-machine communications, which protect critical terrestrial and Space communications at all points; encrypting the messages and ensuring their accuracy. From a hardware perspective, Northern Ireland forges ahead
with innovative space technologies. Thales’ first electric propulsion modules launched into space in 2020, delivering enhanced high-speed Broadband to remote areas across 15 European and 45 African countries, helping bridge the digital divide.
Northern Ireland testing companies have developed tests specifically for vibration, shock and fire testing of space components with European Space Agency certification, and utilised online technology to enable the customer to witness the test remotely.
Our high performing and consistently reliable supply chain can meet customers’ needs at pace and with industry leading quality performance. These companies are engaged at the leading edge of advanced engineering design and manufacturing. Every major commercial aircraft programme depends on structures, components and expert services from Northern Ireland. The sector is supported by world leading research hubs like the Northern Ireland Advanced Composites & Engineering Centre (NIACE), the Electronics, Communications and Information Technology Centre (ECIT), and the Northern Ireland Technology Centre (NITC) all in close proximity. As part of the UK, Northern Ireland carries full NATO status, with ready access to US markets and defence programmes.
Northern Ireland Aerospace, Defence and Space offers:
A reliable, experienced, high-performing supply chain with expertise in key technologies including:
• 3, 4, 5 and 6 axis precision machining
• Composites design and manufacturing
• Advanced metal forming
• Seating and interiors
• Design and stress
• Tooling design and precision manufacturing
• Highly accurate and high-volume polymer mouldings, and composite companies that can manufacture up to 100k aero structures per year
• Assembly and sub-assembly
Northern Ireland is recognised as a global leader in light weighting technologies, from the award-winning advanced composites technology developed by Spirit AeroSystems, and deployed on the A220 wing, through to our supply chain expertise in hard metal machining, composites, polymers and thermoplastics. Spirit is also utilising its composites expertise in the development and manufacture of the wings for the Airbus CityAirbus NextGen e-VTOL prototype. Northern Ireland is working together to deliver sustainable aviation and meet Net Zero targets, as we transition to a new era of flight.
• Major ongoing company investment in technology, people and R&D to support expanding production rates
• Proven ability to ramp up quickly
• Ability to support new programmes
• Established, successful supply chain quality system – SC21
• Supply chain collaboration
• Following the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU), Northern Ireland continues to have access to the Great Britain (GB) and the EU markets for goods. This means that Northern Ireland is a gateway for the sale of goods to two of the world’s largest markets and the only place where businesses can operate free from customs declarations, rules of origin certificates and non-tariff barriers on the sale of goods to both GB and the EU.
• This is a unique proposition for manufacturers based in Northern Ireland as well as those seeking a pivotal location from which to service GB and EU markets, recalibrate supply chains, or design, develop and sell products across key industries.
Contact: Cindy Callander International Trade Specialist
Scottish Development International is Scotland’s trade and inward investment agency. We help businesses from around the world do business in or with Scotland. Whether you’re looking to set up a business in Scotland or you’re an overseas buyer, we can help you find the solutions, products and services you need.
When it comes to space, Scotland really has it all. Scotland will be home to the UK’s first vertical launch site and, with several promising vertical and horizontal sites in the pipeline, we can deliver across the full value chain. From design, manufacturing and testing, to launch and operation, Scotland is in a unique position to service all your needs. What’s more, we can also help you to bring value back down to earth by capitalising on the demand for space data.
We believe that space is the future. That’s why the industry has the full support of both the UK and Scottish Governments, and why we have ambitious growth plans to have a £4 billion space industry by 2030. This commitment is fuelled by our belief in our workforce and company base, which is backed by hard facts. Our homegrown talent packs a punch in the UK – representing 18% of all UK space roles – meaning you can take advantage
Cindy.callander@scotent.co.uk
+44 (0) 300 013 2734
www.sdi.co.uk
of a talent pool that’s 7500 people strong. We’re also home to 130+ companies operating in space, including renowned global companies and local emerging talent alike; Spire, AAC Clyde Space, STAR – Dundee, Orbex and Skyrora (to name a few) are all proud to call Scotland home. Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do and last year Scotland launched the world’s first Sustainable Space Roadmap, setting out key workstreams and desires to make Scotland’s space sector as sustainable as possible.
We are a small, but well-connected country, where there’s also an abundance of aerospace, defence, and engineering expertise, which complements our space capabilities. We also work closely with partners across the UK – such as the UK Space Agency and UK Department of International trade, and international partners such as the European Space Agency. Whether you’re looking to set up a business in Scotland or you’re an overseas buyer, we can help you find the solutions, products and services you need. In Scotland, health, happiness, equality and sustainability combine to create a dynamic business environment – making us the perfect choice for foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade.
Contact:
RALSpaceEnquiries@stfc.ac.uk
www.ralspace.stfc.ac.uk
Organisational summary
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) coordinates research on some of the most significant challenges facing society, such as future energy needs, monitoring and understanding climate change, and global security. It offers grants and support in particle physics, astronomy and nuclear physics, and operates major UK science facilities at its research and innovation campuses in Harwell (RAL), Daresbury, Edinburgh (UK ATC).
In the space sector, STFC operates RAL Space, the space hub for UK Research and Innovation, the National Space Test Facility (NSTF), the UK Astronomy Technology Centre as well as incubators and common-access facilities at Harwell, Daresbury and Edinburgh. RAL Space has had significant involvement in over 210 space instruments over the last 60 years and the UK ATC has played a key role in designing and building many astronomical instruments, including the MIRI spectrometer for the James Webb Space Telescope.
Space at STFC: your partner in space
Occupying a unique position between industry, academia, and government STFC RAL Space can be a collaboration partner, provide access to world class facilities, and support business growth.
Access to expertise
Work directly with world-leading scientists and engineers from STFC RAL Space and UK ATC.
Access to facilities
Harness the power of the UK’s most advanced space and science facilities, such as the National Satellite Test Facility and Chilbolton Observatory along with technology and hardware.
Access to campuses
Home to hundreds of businesses in space and complementary sectors from the Space Cluster at Harwell to the Higgs Centre for Innovation in Edinburgh including energy and healthcare.
Access to networks
Open new markets, join accelerator programmes, secure funding from investors and meet with key bodies from across the globe.
The STFC UK/Australia AgroClimate Impact Accelerator Programme (EO4AgroClimate):
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) UK/Australia AgroClimate Impact Accelerator Programme, also known as EO4AgroClimate, is a £4.5M international Earth Observation (EO) activity that brings together UK and Australian expertise in space enabled data, technology and modelling capabilities to build new collaborative trade opportunities while also addressing key agricultural, environmental and climate related challenges.
It will use satellite remote sensing data, technology and modelling capabilities to enable farming in both countries to become climate resilient while supporting the UK commitment to cut emissions by 78% by 2035 and to achieve net-zero by 2050. This programme will demonstrate the application of innovative technologies and techniques developed for space applications which will build collaborative activities that address the following areas:
Climate Vulnerability
Applying EO to assess the vulnerability and risk from natural hazards and to provide early warning systems to help preparedness to mitigate the impacts from such events.
Monitoring and modelling crop performance and future viability in a changing climate.
Assessing the global pests, diseases and invasive species threats in a changing climate to understand and prepare for future food uncertainties and to implement smart measures for detection.
Water resources
Monitoring water resource in both inland and in coastal zones for better management and resource use (including monitoring “blue carbon” and topics associated with aquaculture).
This joint research programme will be delivered by STFC (on behalf of UKRI) and CSIRO (on behalf of the Australia). Whereby each lead organisations will partner with national research organisation and key industrial organisations to manage projects that will be selected through an open peer review process.
Space science and technology can provide key solutions to our existing global agricultural challenges. By developing projects that embed the key benefits of space research with interdisciplinary research and innovation expertise from both the UK and Australia, we hope that it will be possible to address one of the greatest threats to humanity: providing food and water security in a changing climate.
Contact:
Mike Curtis-Rouse
michael.curtisrouse @sa.catapult.org.uk
07867490302
sa.catapult.org.uk
Through the Catapult’s Market Programmes, such as Intelligent Transport, Agriculture, Health, and Extractive Industries, the Catapult connects the satellite applications sector with end-users’ building collaborative programmes that address their challenges and develop products and services across multiple sectors.
Availability and support
Office or staff operating in:
Fiji, Columbia, Kenya, Chile, United States, Japan
Supplied into programme:
Multiple ESA and wider programmes including METEOR, Copernicus, IOD1, IOD3 and IOD6
Business & Market Modelling Lead patrick.stewart @sa.catapult.org.uk
Patrick Stewart
07778472520
sa.catapult.org.uk
The Satellite Applications Catapult is an innovation and technology company transforming the way the world uses space capabilities.
The Catapult helps organisations, large and small, to overcome barriers to innovation using space products and services to grow their business in the UK and internationally. The Catapult team does this by bringing together industry, researchers, and end-users to explore and develop new ideas, and accelerate products and services to market.
The Catapult sits at the forefront of the development of new capabilities for the commercial space market ranging from the demonstration and validation of In-Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing operations for future servicing, docking and assembly in space, to control of active debris removal missions through the In-Orbit Service Control Centre. Technical capabilities extend further through the provision of large-scale additive manufacturing capabilities for the production of rocket engines and associate for launch and in-space propulsion.
The Catapult provides a large-scale autonomous vehicle test facility for the verification and validation of Beyond Visual Line of Sight drones and associated platforms, offering access to multi-modal control mechanisms including 5G, 6G and Satcom facilities.
The Catapult’s Technology Programme builds capability, helping companies advance their products and take advantage of new emerging technologies, such as smart analytics, robotics and autonomous systems, visualisation technologies, 5G, and Industry 4.0, amongst other technology areas.
Discriminators
The Catapult is a commercial not for profit company that promotes the utilisation of space technologies, processes, and innovations to ensure that the UK, and partnering nations have the best possible chance at exploiting the benefits that space brings to our society, economy, and industry. With world-class facilities ranging from rocket propulsion testing, to drone ports, to In-Orbit Servicing Control Centres, we are experts in helping companies succeed, whether they are space based or from other sectors. We leverage innovation from across the eco-system, accelerating product development, offer competitive and unique facilities to ensure commercial success and ensure that companies succeed to benefit the UK, Europe, and the wider world.
Key customers
UK HMG
Astroscale
OneWeb
Magdrive
SpaceForge
Key partnerships
DIT; MoD; UKSA; BEIS; Innovate UK
UK Space Ecosystem
Catapult Network
UK Universities
Contact:
Richard Johanson
CEO
168 Maxwell Avenue
Didcot OX11 0QT
Company overview
Archangel Lightworks is a laser communications company building high-volume, secure, wireless technology to create the space-enabled networks of the future.
Today, space and terrestrial networks are not well-connected leading to insecure, insufficient, and vulnerable infrastructure. Wireless laser communications (lasercom) technology offers new solutions; however, adoption of the technology has been slow due to availability concerns, lack of interoperability standards, difficulties associated with lasercom on the move, and high production costs.
Archangel Lightworks was set up to solve the space-ground connectivity problem. We are driving down the size, weight, power & cost (SWaP-C) of optical ground equipment to make space-ground lasercom available and affordable.
r.johanson@archangel.works
+44 7900819942
www.archangel.works
We currently have four laser communications technologies:
1) The ASTRA-X, a low-SWaP laser communication terminal for direct-toEarth communication for small satellites;
2) The STRATA-X, an airborne relay terminal designed to augment airborne platforms;
3) The TERRA-M, a low-SWaP, deployable optical ground station for fixed and mobile space-ground links; and,
4) The TERRA-FP, flat panel optical communication technology.
We are looking for demonstration and interoperability partners for late 2023.
Innovators and Disruptors
We are driving down the size, weight, power & cost (SWaP-C) of optical ground equipment to solve the persistent space-ground connectivity bottleneck through making lasercom available and affordable.
Defensible Technology
Archangel Lightworks has patented innovations related to flat panel and spatial multiplexing for laser communications which will set us apart.
Availability and support
We are headquartered in Oxford, UK and we have a US subsidiary company with offices in Orlando, Florida. We have a live project with a partner in Singapore.
Key customers
European Space Agency
Innovate UK
UK Space Agency
Key partnerships
SpeQtral
Catalyst Campus
Satellite Applications Catapult
Microsoft
Space Florida’s Grand Prize Winner at the Florida Venture Aerospace Innovation & Tech Forum 2020
Start Up of the Year – British Engineering Excellence Awards 2020
Catalyst Accelerator – Hybrid Data Movement Cohort 2022
Start-Up Entrepreneur of the Year 2020
– South East – Great British Entrepreneur Awards
Start-Up Entrepreneur of the Year 2020
– South East – Barclays Entrepreneur Awards
Contact:
Tony Nicholls
Director Space, Defence and Intelligence, Australia
Lot Fourteen, Corner of North Terrace and Frome Rd
Adelaide 5000
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.
We are an IT Systems Integrator working to advise, build and operate bespoke, technically complex, mission-critical information systems. Bringing innovation to our clients using proven and emerging technologies, agile delivery processes and our expertise across space, defence, intelligence, aerospace and maritime, all underpinned by our end-to-end cyber capability.
Tony.nicholls@cgi.com
+44 (0)845 0707765
www.cgi.com/au/space-defence
Providing secure mission-critical solutions
We deliver secure, mission-critical space systems including data processing and exploitation, satellite communications, robotics, command and control, on-board software, modelling and simulations, ground segment engineering, navigation and situational awareness.
CGI supports space clients across Europe, Australia, Asia and North America. Our first space project was in 1974 and we have continued to grow our presence in the space sector. We work to increase the value of our clients’ space investments while combatting ever-growing security threats to space assets and information. Some of the themes of our current work with the space domain include:
• Turning Earth observation into trusted, actionable information
• Delivering secure, reliable, fit-forpurpose satellite navigation systems
• Providing mission-critical solutions for the satellite communications industry
• Building management and control systems for space programmes
• Producing innovative space-based solutions for business challenges
• Using space data to help build a sustainable future
• Combatting ever-growing security threats against space assets and information
• Helping to protect national security through space domain awareness
• Advancing innovation in space and through space-based resources
Discriminators
We bring innovation to our clients using proven and emerging technologies, agile delivery processes and our deep domain expertise. We work collaboratively with global technology companies, cutting edge SMEs and academia to deliver the optimal solutions for each client.
Availability and support
CGI has 90,000 consultants across 400 locations worldwide including Australia, UK, USA and Canada.
Key customers
UK Ministry of Defence
UK Space Agency
European Space Agency
OneWeb
Key partnerships
We partner with over 150 technology companies so that we can dynamically bring you best-of-breed technology including:
Microsoft
AWS
Google Cloud
ServiceNow
Quality accreditations and awards
ISO 9001
ISO 27001
ISO 14001
ISO 200000
Contact:
Simon Reid
Managing Director D-Orbit UK
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Building R103 offices 2.12-15
Harwell Campus
Didcot OX11 0QX
Founded in 2011, D-Orbit is the first Company addressing the logistics needs of the space market. Committed to helping companies to profitably and sustainably maximize the opportunities to do business in space today and into the future, the company has developed unique solutions for last mile delivery of satellites, orbital transportation, orbital operations, and space debris management. Its commitment to pursuing business models that are profitable, friendly for the environment, and socially beneficial, led to D-Orbit becoming the first certified B-Corp space company in the world.
D-Orbit designs, manufactures and operates ION Satellite Carrier, its proprietary orbital transfer vehicle (OTV).
simon.reid@dorbit.space
+44 (0) 7883 234699
www.dorbit.space
ON Launch Service
An end-to-end launch procurement, hosting, and deployment service that leverages ION. Our OTV can host a batch of spacecraft into its onboard dispensers, carry them throughout its mission, and release them individually into precise orbital slots according to the needs of the customers.
ION Hosted Payload Service
ION Satellite Carrier offers a plug-andplay mechanical, electrical, and data interface to quickly integrate experiments and instruments onboard and operate them from the ground as subsystem of ION itself.
D-Orbit Cloud Platform
a hardware-software environment that enables end-users to uplink and run software and artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) apps in a familiar cloud computing environment.
Aurora
to further empower satellite operators to achieve a more profitable and effective business, the company has also developed in-house a proprietary cloud-based mission control software suit designed to control entire satellite constellations.
D-Orbit was the first Company performing a commercial orbital transfer mission in 2020. Its proprietary orbital transfer vehicle, ION Satellite Carrier, is able to transport satellites in orbit and release them individually into distinct orbital slots, reducing the time from launch to operations by up to 85%, and the launch costs of an entire satellite constellation by up to 40%.
As of January 2023, the Company launched its 7th mission and deployed 85 payloads in space.
D-Orbit is the first certified B-Corp space Company in the world.
Availability and support
D-Orbit SpA, Como, Italy
Production and HQ
D-Orbit UK, Ltd Harwell, UK
AI Data Processing & Robotics, Space Safety, Responsive Launch
D-Orbit PT, Lisbon, Portugal
Critical software and new space subsidiary
D-Orbit Inc., Washington DC, USA
Commercial subsidiary.
Key customers
AAC Clyde Space
Spaceflight
Aistech
Satrev
Deimos Space
Isispace
Lockheed Martin
Eutelsat
Endurosat
Planet
Astrocast
Key partnerships
UKSA – Space Situational Awareness Programme
ESA – De-Orbiting Kit
ESA – UK Launch Services
ESA – Space Transportation Ecosystem
ESA – IOSPR
Arianegroup
Spacex
Beyond Gravity
Airbus Defence &Space
Marubeni
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
Isar Aerospace Technologies
Interstellar Technologies
Quality accreditations and awards
ISO9001
Certified B Corporation
Rating Della Legalità
Company overview
Goonhilly is a satellite, lunar and deep space communications provider. From our base in Cornwall UK, we are expanding internationally to provide global reach for our services.
Since 2014, Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. has been focused on building the company and investing to create a stateof-the-art global communications nexus.
The company works closely and has cooperation agreements with some of the world’s major space agencies and is prominent on their key technical committees. In addition, the company actively works with a number of UK and overseas universities in key technology areas.
Currently the company is providing deep space communications services to ESA, NASA, JAXA and ISRO as well multiple private space exploration companies. Our ESA missions include Integral, Mars Express, GAIA at Lagrange point L2, and iSpace’s commercial lunar lander Hakuto-R M1 which successfully launched on 11th December 2022. Goonhilly is also part of a number of recent and upcoming lunar missions. These include those of Intuitive Machines and ESA, in addition to Artemis-I and the Orion
bob.gough@goonhilly.org
+61 409 341 584
www.goonhilly.org
capsule – with the company communicating with the mission’s cubesats in lunar orbit.
The company will also be tracking and communicating with the upcoming Virgin Orbit launch from Spaceport Cornwall –the first launch from UK soil.
We are also in the process of establishing deep space ground stations in other locations around the world, leading to the development of a private network with global coverage, supporting the rapidly growing space exploration market.
We provide satellite communication services for all types of satellite, either from our own antennas or customer hosted antennas. We operate in all space frequency bands and all orbit configurations. We provide services to the worlds biggest and longest established space companies, agencies and governments as well as the newest space entrants.
Goonhilly is the pioneer in private deep space and lunar communications. With two large antennas already registered as part of the ESA and NASA deep space networks, we are the only private company able to inter-operate with NASA and ESA missions.
Our space analytics team provide the highest level of consultancy services, advising governments, space agencies and industry. We represent the UK government on key inter-space agency committees.
We design and manufacture specialist space communication systems from antenna feeds to complete deployable turn-key solutions. Our Spacecraft Simulator provides qualified testing for CCSDS protocol missions.
Goonhilly provides flexible, costeffective and highly dependable space communication services. Our clients continually return to us many times over because of our trusted capabilities and exceptional service ethos.
Our engineers have depth and breadth of experience across all space communication scenarios, and our business model, providing a wide range of services, gives us stability and dependability.
We are recognised the world over as innovators, leaders and achievers in our field.
Whilst we are headquartered in the UK, Goonhilly already has global reach, participating in major programmes, partnerships and service supply in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. We have operated an office in Australia for the last five years. In 2022 we established Goonhilly Australia PTY and in 2023 we intend to break ground on a new satellite ground station in Western Australia. We support and sponsor a number of space communication research programmes in Australia
In 2023 we expect to complete the acquisition of ground station facilities to accelerate our global operations.
Key customers
NASA, ESA, Lockheed Martin, SES, Eutelsat, Intelsat, Inmarsat, SpaceX, Intuitive Machines, BAE Systems, UK MoD, UK Space Agency, JAXA, ISRO, iSpace, Planet, Blue Origin, Virgin Orbit, Sat Apps Catapult.
Key partnerships
Spaceport Cornwall, UK Space Agency, ESA, Consortium of Universities for Goonhilly Astronomy (Oxford, Manchester, Leeds, Herts), DARA, SmartSatCRC, Uni WA, UKSpace, World Teleport Association.
Contact:
Diana Minglis VP Marketing & Market Development Lucy Howard-Hudgell Government Affairs Consultant99 City Road, London EC1Y 1AX UK
diana.minglis@inmarsat.com
+61 417 432 482
lucyhoward.hudgell@ inmarsat.com
+ 44 (0)7548111967
www.inmarsat.com/en/solutions-services/government.html
Company overview
Communicating securely, without fail, anywhere around the world is critical. That’s why Inmarsat have built a global mobile satellite communications network that works seamlessly, across air, land, and sea. With our global on-demand network connectivity and 99.95% reliability, no other network comes close – responding in real time and requiring no advanced planning to move across the globe. With over 40 years’ experience enabling mission capability Inmarsat is your partner in the air.
Global Xpress
The first global Ka-band network, delivering secure, end-to-end wideband connectivity for mobile operations worldwide. Built specifically with government customers in mind, GX is also the first global commercial network that
is interoperable with MILSATCOM Ka-band networks, providing resilient, worldwide augmentation. So, you can integrate GX smoothly into your own platforms or adopt it as a standalone solution. G2X is our government specific GX service that is specifically designed to meet the requirements of government agencies globally.
L-MAX
is a wideband streaming L-band service developed in response to government specific Communications-On-The-Move (COTM) requirements for high throughput connectivity and small aperture capability. This award-winning capability has delivered record-breaking data rates as high as 10 Mbps x 10 Mbps.
L-MAX Aero is an enhanced L-band lease service that bridges the gap between Inmarsat’s ELERA L-band and Global Xpress (GX) broadband services, through existing SwiftBroadband hardware.
L-TAC
Your radio transmitter in space. Allowing you to access BLOS radio communications using your existing equipment. L-TAC enables Ultra High Frequency (UHF) and Very High Frequency (VHF) military tactical radio users to operate voice and data circuits between small terminals (tactical radios) across a defined operating area.
ELERA
Inmarsat owns and operates the world’s most reliable, resilient and technologically advanced L-band satellite network –Inmarsat ELERA. ELERA offers the fastest L-band speeds available to customers, smaller, low-cost terminals and will soon be underpinned by the world’s most sophisticated commercial satellites ever built, Inmarsat-6 F1 and F2.
Discriminators
Global. Mobile. Flexible. Reliable. Multi-band. Fully redundant space and ground networks.
Formed out of the IMO to provide safety at sea. Five successful satellite generations with three more in build ensures future-proof connectivity. Serving over 186 departments across 90 governments.
Key customers
British MOD
Australian Defence Force
US DOD
Canadian DND
All Major NATO Governments
Key partnerships
MOD
ESA
UKSA
Quality accreditations and awards
ISO 9001
ISO 45001
Contact:
George Coulloupas Business Development Manager –SpaceHeadquarters: 130 Todd Road, Fishermans Bend, Victoria, Australia
Company overview
Leonardo UK Ltd are a major merchant supplier of high performance infrared detectors for a range of markets including laboratory instrumentation, space and astronomy programmes and land, sea and airborne platforms.
Its 2D detector production is based on state of the art, large scale MOVPE MCT wafer production and processing to provide high quality material for demanding applications. This covers NIR, SWIR, MWIR, LWIR and VLWIR wavelength bands.
Leonardo provides high volume quantities of DLaTGS pyroelectric detectors for scientific instrumentation on land and in space.
george.coulloupas@ leonardocompany.com.au
+61 3 9698 0400
+61 429 497 150
www.leonardocompany.com.au
A range of standard high performance products based on our proprietary MOVPE wafer growth technology on low cost substrates.
Collaborations with customers to develop and supply custom products for specific applications including space and astronomy.
Availability and support
Products are supplied worldwide and technical expertise is available to support customers in the use of Leonardo products.
List of products and services
Key partnerships
Noteworthy collaborators and associates.
Airbus Fr, CNES, UKSA on detectors for the IASI NG instrument, part of Eumetsat’s Metop SG programme.
The University of Hawaii, Australian National University, European Southern Observatory and other astronomy groups on the development and supply of high performance detectors for wavefront sensing and imaging.
NASA on the PACE programme and technology developments for LIDAR.
SSTL on the use of Leonardo COTS products for space applications.
Quality accreditations and awards
AS9100D (tech. equivalent to EN 9100:2018, JISQ 9100:2016 and KS Q 9100:2018)
ISO 9001:2015
ISO 14001:2015
ISO 45001:2018
Contact:
Aaron McGreevy
Managing DirectorMaryland Industrial Estate
Ballygowan Road
Belfast BT23 6BL
McGreevy Engineering has 40 years’ experience in tool manufacture and precision engineering. Over the last number of years, the business has used this capability to transition into the aerospace sector, driven by investment and collaboration with supply chain partners. As an AS9100 / SC21 accredited supplier, the business offers responsiveness, manufacturing excellence, proven quality and delivery performance. With in-house CNC machining, CNC CMM and assembly capability; coupled with key partnerships on special processes, EDM, fabrication and material supply, McGreevy Engineering provides integrated engineering solutions.
aaron@mcgreevyengineering.co.uk
+44 (0)28 9044 8755
www.mcgreevyengineering.co.uk
Technical Capability Investment
• Focused investment in CNC technology mirroring customer’s needs not just for capacity but the correct capability to support product development and out-sourcing activity.
• Enhanced internal capability in NC programming, tooling solutions, set-up time reduction and NC machining technical skills enabling responsiveness, reduced lead-time and ability to support customer at various stages of manufacturing process / in-use servicing.
• Capability development in conjunction with recognised training providers and apprenticeships utilising skills and ability of local Further Education colleges.
Aerospace Structural Components
• Full supply chain management and support, including raw material, surface treatments and sub assembly components to provide customer with single point interface.
• Customer design for manufacture support including involvement in tolerancing and ease of manufacture supporting reduced machining costs alongside specific projects around aircraft weight reduction.
• Machining from a range of standard aerostructures materials such as stainless steels and aluminium grades through to harder materials such as 17.4ph steels and exotic metals such as Inconel and Titanium.
Premium Aircraft Seating Components
• Agility / flexibility / capacity to support prototyping and direct customer interface during product development phase.
• Internal NC code and inspection capability enabling reduced leadtimes and support for design change by customer, with full supply chain management for raw material and surface treatments / special processes.
• Flexible machining solutions supporting low volume through to full recurring production capability providing JIT delivery solutions to the customer.
With our breadth of experience, specialising in precision machined components, McGreevy Engineering is your partner of choice. Delivering 5-axis milling, multi axis turn mill machine tools and technical software solutions. Our skilled team delivers service excellence and cost benefit, through the breadth of processes at our Belfast facility. With the capability to support rapid response, prototypes and low/ high-rate production, coupled with our partnership approach, McGreevy Engineering exemplifies integrated engineering solutions.
Availability and support
Europe: McGreevy Engineering was contracted by amphibious aircraft manufacturer, Dornier Seawings, to machine parts for their iconic advanced amphibious aircraft, the Dornier Seastar.
America: pre-pandemic, discussions were fully underway with Tect Aero, Wichita & Seattle.
Key customers
Thompson Aero Seating
Spirit Aero Systems
Dornier Seawings
Thales
Magellan
Key partnerships
Thompson Aero Seating
InvestNI
ADS Group
Department For International Trade
Quality accreditations and awards
AS9100 9001:2015 REV D
SC21 Bronze Award
Contact:
Ian Vickers
CEO
75 Harborne Rd
Birmingham B15 3DH
Ian Prescott
Head of Strategic Partnerships
75 Harborne Rd
Birmingham B15 3DH
Company overview
The METCLOUD vision
To be the global brand of choice for next-generation cyber secure private cloud services.
The METCLOUD mission
To enable supply chain organisations in the space sector to easily adopt next-generation, cybersecurity, AI/ML, and cloud computing technologies.
Summary
Threats to Space, Aerospace and Defence is increasing exponentially. All organisations now require a much higher level of cybersecurity security. METCLOUD provides an enterprisegrade, cyber secure, private cloud platform-as-a-Service to meet international security standards.
Ian.vickers@metcloud.com
+44 7798 913431
Ian.prescott@metcloud.com
+44 7747 631092
www.metcloud.com
List of products and services
Private Cloud Enterprise-grade, cyber secure, cloud computing platform.
Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
Faster threat defence starts with 24/7 managed prevention, detection, and response. Harnessing AI/ML and delivered by an experienced security operation centre team.
Application Vulnerability and Patch Management Services
Every organisation must take necessary precautions to minimise the constant threat of vulnerabilities in their IT infrastructure.
Endpoint Network Security (EPS)
Stop malware, ransomware, phishing, cryptomining and the other damaging attacks aimed at your users and systems.
Back up and Disaster Recovery as a Service
Safeguard your business and minimise downtime when things don’t go to plan by securing business critical data with reliable backup and DR in the cloud.
Artificial Intelligence (AIOps)
Optimising security and operational processes by harnessing AI and machine learning.
Discriminators
Proprietary private cloud platform offering the most cyber-secure cloud service for organisations across the globe. METCLOUD harnesses next generation high performance computing, AI/ML technologies to provide an unparalleled service.
Availability and support
Available globally with 24x7 support.
Key customers
Our clients operate in the space, health, finance, insurance, and manufacturing sectors.
Key partnerships
Noteworthy collaborators and associates.
HPE GreenLake
Veeam
Microsoft SentineOne
Quality accreditations and awards
CERTIFICATE 1 – ISO27001
CERTIFICATE 2 – ISO9001
CERTIFICATE 3 – Cloud innovation provider of the year (UK IT Industry Awards)
CERTIFICATE 4 – Cyber security platform of the year (Innovation and excellence awards)
Contact:
Chris DunnSenior Space Consultant
Boole Technology Centre
Lincoln Science and Innovation Park
Beevor Street, Lincoln, LN6 7DJ UK
Metrea Mission Data specialises in putting data first in C4ISR mission effects to deliver information and decision advantage. We combine the experience of our front-line ISR operators with our in-house software and Cyber Security teams, to develop innovative capability solutions for a range of customers across the defence and commercial sectors. Our focus areas include complex data analytics encompassing the collection, processing, fusion and visualisation of large data sets, AI and ML algorithm development, end to end Tactical Data Link solutions, Cyber Security services and Space Domain Awareness capability research and development.
LASSO – Low Earth Orbit Airborne Space
LASSO is an innovative, software-only solution that adapts existing underfuselage air platform-mounted EO/IR camera systems to look up, in addition to their traditional look down capability, delivering a unique agile and passive Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capability.
chris.dunn@mmd.metrea.aero
www.metrea.aero/mmd
LASSO is optimized for the detection, tracking, imaging, and categorisation of LEO resident space objects. LASSO mitigates the limitations of ground-based SDA sites which are geographically fixed, weather dependent and have known detection envelopes which disruptive entities exploit. LASSO requires no hardware or platform adaptations and the open API enables the software to interface into multiple camera systems enabling rapid scaling and increased coverage. Platforms can be dynamically tasked by the LASSO Mission Planner generating a globally networked SDA capability. Taskings are provided through an innovative Machine Learning (ML) driven system which prioritises platforms with a high probability of detection. Platforms from partner and allied nations can be integrated into the system generating a truly collaborative network generating unique datasets and SDA marketplace compliant imagery.
Additional ML imagery algorithms automatically improve raw image collections and enhance surface features which are then fed into tensor recognition profiles for matching and change analysis. This provides higher fidelity augmentation data enabling light curve analysis and assessment of structural composition and damage. Future development includes multi-spectral and wide area motion imagery (WAMI) camera interfaces, a maritime version and software adaptation for hypersonic glide and VLEO vehicle tracking for integration into layered sensing networks to combat emerging threats.
Our combination of front line ISR operators with organic software, systems engineering and cyber security expertise enables us to rapidly develop innovative products and provide a unique software centred systems integration service exploiting proprietary and COTS capabilities. We excel in agile, collaborative development that exploits our SecDevOps environment and ability to leverage capabilities across Metrea including access to multiple ISR platforms, sensors and data sources accelerating concept to delivery.
Lincoln Science and Innovation Park Data Analytics support to UK MOD
Moonlight EW Global Threat Emitter capability, ISR Instructor and White Force to RAF Reaper Training, Close Air Support Emulation to the British Army.
Malvern Hills Science Park
Data Analytics support to UK MOD
Maritime Domain Awareness Programme, Land GBAD Programme, Land Tactical Data Links Study.
Harwell Space Cluster Space Domain Awareness capability development.
Key customers
UK MOD
Draken Europe
Collins Australia
GA-ASI
Key partnerships
US AFRL Space Force Catalyst Accelerator Programme
SRC UK
Collins Australia
Draken
Quality accreditations and awards
ISO9001
Cyber Essentials Plus ISO27001
Contact:
Jo Murray
Managing Director
Claire Watt
Executive Assistant
jo@my-coast.com
+44 7901 954066
claire.watt@my-coast.com
+44 7740 287854
Fentonladock Cottage, Ladock, Truro, Cornwall TR2 4NH UK
Company overview
In a world of information overload is a single source of credible truth too much to ask for? This was the question My Coast Limited founder Jo asked herself as the world came to a standstill in 2019. The walls may have been closing in, but the Cornish coastline was calling out. With three young children in tow, daily trips to the coast were a necessity!
But what should be a simple ‘bundle the kids into the car and go’ was actually mayhem. Tide miscalculations led to sticky situations and facility misinformation led to toilet emergencies and treks down questionable paths to hidden beaches. Jo wanted accurate advice, up-to-date information and real time safety warnings – in one place. A free and easy to use app. And it evolved from there... Born in Cornwall for use across the globe, My Coast is designed to bring people and the planet together, gathering data
and connecting local experts to inform tourism, policy and sustainable practices. Informed by the community, for the community.
My Coast Limited has developed a coastal safety app in collaboration with the RNLI, MET Office, Marine Coastguard, SWW and the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter.
Our vision is to improve survival rates for coastal incidents and enable better decision making before entering the water or visiting the coast.
The app will link the user with real time, verified information to enable them to make informed decisions before visiting the coast or entering the water.
The platform will act as a hyperlocal ecosystem, giving users information about the surrounding area, whilst unifying the emergency services with local businesses and the community.
My Coast is the ONLY app to bring together real-time safety information and local knowledge in a FREE, easily accessible platform.
Key partnerships
RNLI
UK Met Office
Environment Agency
South West Water
Oneweb Group
Cornwall Council
Fire & Rescue Service
Marine Coastguard
Visit Cornwall
Contact: Robert Hill Director
18 Carol Park, Newtownabbey County Antrim BT36 6SF UK
Company overview
The Northern Ireland Space Office (NISO) supports regional space cluster development and highlights regional capabilities both nationally and internationally. NISO works closely with InvestNI, the Regional Business development Agency and the UK Space Agency to signpost opportunities for collaboration and commercial growth.
The role of NISO is to support development of the regional space cluster on the international stage and provide an entry point for those interested in developing relations and opportunities with Northern Ireland stakeholders and actors and facilitate meaningful knowledge exchange.
NISO facilitates dialog and collaboration between Northern Ireland based companies and institutions and potential commercial partners, end users and clients.
rabhill@hotmail.com
+44 7929278501
List of products and services
Capability Signposting
Providing a one stop shop for companies and individuals wishing to engage with the NI space supply chain and provides an introductory service to the relevant capabilities.
Knowledge Exchange
NISO supports knowledge exchange activities nationally and internationally to enhance a better understanding of the utilisation of satellite applications within the public sector and enhanced public services.
Neutral Brokering
One to one introductory service to support and facilitate engagement relating to commercial opportunities and academic/ research collaboration.
The Northern Ireland Space Office provides a brokering service on behalf of the space cluster in the region. Northern Ireland industry and academia have a globally recognised aerospace capability in areas such as:
• Light weighting and materials technology – Small SAT design
• Antenna Design
• Small sat vibration, shock and thermal testing
• Secure Communications
• Embedded Sensors
• Advances data analytics
• Electric Propulsion
Availability and support
NISO has been instrumental in developing the Northern Ireland Space Strategy, Capability Brochure and NI Space Director in partnership with InvestNI, the Regional Business Development Agency and the UK Space Agency.
Key customers
UK Space Agency
Satellite Applications Catapult
FDTechnologies Plc
Dublin Institute Of Advanced Studies (DIAS)
Key partnerships
UK Space Agency InvestNI
Satellite Applications Catapult UK
ADS UK
Quality accreditations and awards
Recipient of the Sir Arthur Clarke Foundation ‘Space Special Achievement’ Award for development of the Northern Ireland Space Cluster
Contact:
James Bultitude
CTO
james@orbitfab.com
Orbit Fab is building a bustling in-space economy, beginning with a propellant supply chain. The company’s refuelling services bridge Earth and space, providing satellite owners with the necessary propellant to increase operational flexibility, extend mission time, travel across orbits, and even return to Earth. World-firsts include the first commercially available satellite refuelling port RAFTI™ (Rapidly Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface), the first in-orbit fuel depot, and the first resupply of water to the International Space Station by a private company.
Orbit Fab is backed by key industry leaders and major investors including 8090 Industries, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, SpaceFund, Bolt, Munich Re Ventures, and more.
RAFTI™ (Rapidly Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface)
RAFTI is an open license TRL 7 refuelling and docking interface that is designed as a drop in replacement for fill and drain valves to enable on-orbit and ground fuelling.
• Passive RAFTI Valve Cores
• Passive Grapple Fixture
• Used on Clients, Depots & Fuel Shuttles
• TRL 7 (TRL 9 in 2023/2024)
• Minimal SWaP-C
Fuel Delivery in Space
• Develop and Operate In-Space Infrastructure
• Develop and Operate Logistics and Ground Ops
• Offer Depots and Fuel Shuttles to select customers
• Rapidly growing start-up with substantial traction
• 60+ employees & growing globally
• Two successful space flight missions
• First private commercial company to resupply the ISS with water
• RAFTI baselined on 4 DoD & 100+ commercial satellites
• First commercial in-space fuel sale deal signed with Astroscale in early 2022
• First DoD GEO refuelling mission under contract for delivery in 2025
Key customers
US DoD
Astroscale
UKSA
ClearSpace
Key partnerships
US DoD
UKSA
Contact:
James Palmer CEO
JamesPalmer@ palmbranchgroup.com.au
+61 4321401036
Nick Mullings Business Development Director
nickmullings@ palmbranchgroup.com.au
+61 456 576 489
UK: Atlas Building, R68 Level 1 Room F30, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
AUS: PO Box 3161, Cairns, QLD, 4870, Australia and PO Box 4649, Kingston, ACT, 2604, Australia
www.spacecentreaustralia.com
Company overview
Space Centre Australia UK Ltd is based in the Space Cluster on the Harwell Campus near Oxford in the UK, with associated companies located in Weipa, Cairns and Canberra in Australia.
Space Centre Australia UK Ltd’s (SCA (UK)) vision is to provide access to space for all and will work with its sister company in Australia to deliver a multi-use facility for development, research, manufacturing, launch and return of vehicles into space. The Space Centre Australia (SCA) project comprises of multiple systems and sub-facilities to deliver Space Launch Infrastructure as-a-service.
SCA (UK) will provide the conduit for collaboration between UK businesses with space related systems and services
that seek to launch in Australia, providing that link between satellite developers with payloads and the vehicles to deliver into orbit or beyond.
Vertical and Horizontal Launch for small to medium payloads are planned to be in place late 2024 and large payloads into Geostationary orbit and beyond by late 2028.
List of products and services
Space Launch Infrastructure as-a-Service
• Scalable Facility allowing small to large launch operations with end-to-end mission control
• Futureproofed for long term sustainability allowing short to long term tenancy options
Space Centre Australia will provide a range of site components including:
• Launch Mount and Platforms
• Rocket Servicing Structure
• Launch and Mission Control Centre
• Rocket Assembly and payload Facility
• Test and Integration Facility
• Environmental Surveillance Systems
• Tracking and Surveillance
• Communications Complex
• Broadband Satellite Communications Station
• Sensitive Handling Facilities
• Storage Facilities
Discriminators
The provision of offices in the UK and Australia provides a great framework for the collaboration between the Northern and Southern Hemisphere companies focused on supporting the growth of the space industries, specifically but not exclusive:
• Offices in the UK and Australia –Opportunity to leverage from AUKUS, UK -Australia Space Bridge and Free Trade Agreement
• Located in UK and Australia ideally located to drive and support industrial collaboration
• 12º South Equatorial Launch location –Large payload launch capability
• Geopolitically stable first world location with defined / reliable logistics options
• Large air and maritime port facilities available
• Consolidated and collaborative strategy driving development of the Space Industry Sector (Domestic and International)
• Individual cost profiles tailored to each customer to activity type and duration of use
Availability and support
Space Centre Australia UK Ltd is linked to its holding group in Australia with offices and personnel at:
UK Office
Harwell Campus, Oxford
Australia
Cairns and Canberra
Key customers
NDA, MOU and Joint Venture Agreements are in place with numerous commercial and defence focussed companies.
Key partnerships
UK Department of International Trade Australian Space Agency
AUSTRADE
Queensland Government
Quality accreditations and awards
Defence Industry Security Program (DISP)
ISO9001 In Development
Contact:
Josh Western CEO Lewis D’Ambra Head of Government Affairswww.spaceforge.com
Company overview
Space Forge is an in-space manufacturing company. We are building the world’s first returnable and relaunchable satellite platform, the ForgeStar. Space Forge harnesses the unique environment of space to conduct research and produce materials impossible to create on Earth. These materials, once returned to our planet, can reduce energy consumption by 60% and related CO2 emissions by 75%.
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ForgeStar
The World’s first returnable and relaunchable satellite platform family. Compatible with payloads from 100g to 100kg. Low-energy return system compatible with ground and sea landing and recovery. On orbit mission average 10 days to 6 months. Missions available from 2024. 2023 fully booked. Capable of supporting a range of experiments from life science to alloy development.
Space Forge have developed a lowenergy CVD process compatible with producing compound semiconductors at scale in space. Space is the ultimate semiconductor manufacturing environment, creating a 10x performance improvement in semiconductor thermal conductivity and power-handling across III-V family compounds (GaN, SiC, InP). Applications include reducing geostationary telecommunication payload mass by 50%, 200% increase in RADAR power efficiency, and eliminating cooling architecture from grid-switching
Pridwen
low energy return system compatible with satellite landing, launcher stage recovery, planetary/lunar sample return and deep space exploration. Designed as fully reusable to support the next leap in sustainability for the space industry. Highly manufacturable to support high cadence of launches and returns across different weight classes including beyond 1 ton.
Aether
Space re-entry prediction and early warning tool. 10x performance improvement on commercial state-ofthe-art systems. Aggregates live atmospheric and weather data alongside thermal analysis and classic space domain awareness markers to highly compress error bars and landing zones. Data visualised through gaming engine to provide operator/analyst with high fidelity display and output to demonstrate orbital decay and re-entry warnings.
Space Forge’s patented return technology is the first in the world to be reusable. It is geography agnostic to its landing location and can support both sea and ground recovery.
Developed a low energy Chemical Vapour Deposition payload, capable of supporting 14 different material experiment classes – ranging from photovoltaics to graphene composites. Returnable space missions and experiments available from 2024, with 2023 fully booked.
Availability and support
Headquartered in Cardiff, UK – with a team of 45 representing 19 different countries (including Australia!) HQ includes design, payload and platform development, electronics lab, manufacturing and ISO8 cleanroom. Secondary facilities in Los Angeles and Washington DC.
Intent to establish office in Australia as return location in Southern Hemisphere with key industry partnerships already in place.
Key customers
European Space Agency
Northrop Grumman
Cosmic Shielding Corporation
UK Government
Key partnerships
UK Space Agency
Stellar Solutions
Northrop Grumman
BT (British Telecom)
Quality accreditations and awards
CyberEssentials
Engineering & Technology Most Innovative Company 2022
Contact:
Martin Soltau Co-CEOElectron Building
Fermi Avenue, Harwell Oxford, Didcot OX11 0QR UK
Company overview
Our Vision is to help create a more sustainable world powered with abundant, affordable energy from Space Based Solar Power, providing a better quality of life for all people in all nations, creating a new economy and high value jobs in space, energy, and inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Our Mission is to lead the commercial development of Space Based Solar Power as a truly sustainable baseload and dispatchable source of clean energy for the future, for global benefit, and to help all nations achieve Net Zero. We will deliver commercial power in nine years, and a first GigaWatt scale system in 12 years.
Space Solar is a start-up with about 15 staff part or full time, working through the Satellite Applications Catapult until our initial investment is secured.
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Space Solar seeks investment and international partners for this development programme. We have strong support from UK Government and a supply chain of capable partners across energy and space sectors, in the Space Energy Initiative. This is a collaboration
martin.soltau@spacesolar.co.uk
+44 7736 369318
of over 70 organisations, including leading companies and universities, seeking to develop Space Based Solar Power. We are recruiting and forming partnerships, to deliver core expertise in:
Space and energy systems engineering Including Model Based Systems Engineering, Programme Management, Procurement and supply chain management.
In-space autonomous robotics
For assembly of large structures, servicing and life extension, and providing the in-space logistics to transport modular components to and from the solar power satellites.
Wireless power beaming
Developing and scaling up the technology in a series of demonstrations at high altitude and then from space.
Lightweight large deployable structures in-space
Digital twin and complex systems modelling
across structures and dynamics; cost and performance; RF beam forming; safety and security.
Legal and regulatory expertise to work with international partners in developing the standards and regulations necessary to enable these systems, sustainably and responsibly.
Space Solar has developed an investable plan for the commercial realisation of Space Based Solar Power. We have the IP for the market leading Solar Power Satellite concept, CASSIOPeiA; strong support from the UK Government, a deliverable 12 year, four phase programme to develop SBSP by 2035; a world class management and technical team; and we have assembled a strong supply chain of over 70 organisations through the Space Energy Initiative.
Space Solar, together with the UK Department for International Trade, has held very positive engagement with the Agents General for New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.
Availability and support
Space Solar is based in Harwell, Oxfordshire, UK, with a staff of 15, part and full time. We have secured initial investment from the UK Government (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and the UK Space Agency) and we are currently delivering research and technology studies in Space Based Solar Power, pending our main investment.
We have local representation in Australia (based in New South Wales).
Key customers
UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
UK Space Agency
Total sales are in the region of £1M, working in collaboration with the Satellite Applications Catapult.
Key partnerships
Satellite Applications Catapult BEIS
UK Space Agency
Frazer-Nash Consultancy
Thales Alenia Space
Airbus D&S
Quality accreditations and awards
None yet as Space Solar is a start-up. The Space Energy Initiative, which has formed Space Solar, has been awarded GREAT status by the Department for International Trade, recognising export and innovation excellence.
raystott@spacespecialists.com
+44 (0)7510 9237992
Ray Stott, Co-Founder is Chairman of The University of Manchester Aerospace Industry Advisory Board (IAB)
- Developing Spacecraft Systems MSC course
The Innovation Centre
Sci-Tech Daresbury, Keckwick Lane, Daresbury WA4 4FS UK
Company overview
SpaceSpecialists Ltd (UK) and SpaceSpecialistsau Pty Ltd (Australia) offer Recruitment, Training, Events and Consultancy (RTEC) for the Space Industry worldwide in the Upstream and Downstream space sectors. We offer STEM, Careers and Outreach to clients with our global partners.
SpaceSpecialists partner with companies and organisations on specific space related projects in both the Upstream and Downstream space sectors. https://spacespecialists.com/
Ray Stott, Co-Founder of SpaceSpecialists, hosts SpaceMates Online, global space event every 2nd Tuesday of the month from 10-11 am, UK time with weekly space news, guest interviews, Q&A and networking.
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Recruitment
Permanent & Contract positions for the Space Industry worldwide. For permanent recruitment, £5k/hire fixed fee per candidate with money back guarantee.
Training
Onsite and online space industry training courses in both the upstream and downstream space sectors.
www.spacespecialists.com
Events
Hybrid, in-person & online space events worldwide including conferences, workshops and seminars etc.
Consultancy
Highly experienced Space professionals available to our Clients for outsourced work packages supporting short & long term projects.
STEM, Careers and Outreach
With our STEM partners, providing career themed events for the Space Industry using workshops, events and space related activities from age 4 to 104.
SpaceMates Online
Global Space Industry event every 2nd Tuesday of the month
- Space News, Guest Interviews, Q & A and Networking
- Support UK/Australian Space Bridge
TecuraSat
Remote healthcare and care provision for communities via satellite.
Language services
Global provision of translation, localisation and interpretation.
- Developing Space Robotics PhD Course
- Facilitating University and Industry collaboration
- Growing the Space sector offerings/ opportunities for students
Discriminators
• Focused only on the global Space Industry in the Upstream and Downstream products and services
• Space Industry expertise, knowledge transfer and lessons learned for global Clients, start-ups and NewSpace sectors
• Staff are internationally experienced with foreign language skills able to converse and have business culture knowledge for specific country offerings
• Recruitment services provide quality candidates for clients at a low fixed price of £5k rather than the more expensive high percentage of first year’s salary commission based model of our competitors.
Availability and support Sci-Tech Daresbury office
Warrington, Cheshire, UK.
Adelaide office
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Brisbane office
Brisbane/Gold Coast Queensland, Australia. Staff operating remotely.
Supported STEM, Careers and Outreach projects in WA/SA, Australia –bringing new capabilities and learning opportunities to remote communities, indigenous, first nations young people with two Australian consortium partners.
Key customers
Astroscale
SmartIR
FAIRSPACE
industrial Solutions Hub (iSH)
Key partnerships
Innovas
Tecura
Cosmonauts
It’s Rocket Science Adventures
Quality accreditations and awards
Writer, Australian Space Outlook 2019 Chairman Aerospace Industry Advisory Board, University of Manchester
Spire is a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, offering access to unique datasets and powerful insights about Earth from the ultimate vantage point so that organizations can make decisions with confidence, accuracy, and speed. A vertically integrated company, we offer space infrastructure to build LEO constellations to help companies gather new insights from Space. Spire uses one of the world’s largest multipurpose satellite constellations to source hard to acquire, valuable data and enriches it with predictive solutions. Spire then provides this data as a subscription to organizations around the world so they can improve business operations, decrease their environmental footprint, deploy resources for growth and competitive advantage, and mitigate risk. Spire gives commercial and government organizations the competitive advantage they seek to innovate and solve some of the world’s toughest problems with insights & infrastructure from space.
Spire has developed, launched, and now operates one of the world’s largest multi-payload satellite constellations. This constellation delivers critical operational data for the most demanding applications, including NASA climate science and operational weather forecasting at NOAA and EUMETSAT.
Spire Space Services allows you to deploy and scale your own constellation at maximum speed with minimum risk, by leveraging Spire’s proven space platform, global ground station network, end-toend manufacturing facility, and extensive launch partnership network. Whether you bring your own payload; develop a custom one with Spire; or upload your code to one of our existing satellites, you have full control of your application in space through an API. Each option is available for a flat monthly fee.
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Spire Space Services
• Software In Space: Leverage Spire’s existing satellites. Upload your software and make your application global on a network of 100+ multi-payload satellites, operate your payload directly through an easy to use API and leverage Spire’s proprietary network of 30+ Ground stations for a subscription model for payments.
• Solution In Space: Turn your idea into a bespoke constellation, from payload development to mission operations through Spire’s vertically integrated supply chain, on a subscription model.
• Payload in Space: Deploy your payload in space with payload integration, launch and mission operations. The Spire satellite bus range from 3U to 16U with 490+ years of flight heritage. After deployment operate your payload
directly through an easy-to-use API and leverage Spire’s proprietary network of 30+ Ground stations for through a subscription model for payments.
• Operation in Space: Access Spire’s ground infrastructure and APIs to operate your existing or future satellites. Schedule, automate and task your satellites directly through an easy-touse API and leverage Spire’s proprietary network of 30+ Ground stations for a subscription model for payments.
• Spire Maritime: Our maritime vessel tracking data range of solutions combines Satellite AIS, Terrestrial AIS, and Dynamic AIS™, and is delivered via fast, reliable APIs or TCP stream.
• Spire Weather: Providing a complete range of weather data products, we provide historical weather, current weather, weather forecasts and locationspecific weather forecasts using Spire’s satellite technology to scan all points across from the globe from the most remote regions to the vast open oceans
• Spire Aviation: Spire provides historical flight data, ADS-B tracking, and upto-date data on weather that impacts aviation operations, all delivered through developer-friendly APIs.
• Spire Earth Intelligence: We provide insights derived from space-based data to Study Earth’s surface using GNSS scatterometry and precise altimetry (GNSS-R), Atmospheric data, Space Weather data, Soil moisture
• Spire Government: Global monitoring, near real-time data streams, and custom historical datasets collected by a constellation of over 100+ low-orbit cube satellites equipped with multi-use radio frequency sensors and sovereign data collection capabilities through Spire developed space infrastructure.
Spire has developed, launched, and now operates one of the world’s largest multi-payload satellite constellations. This constellation delivers critical operational data for the most demanding applications, including NASA climate science and operational weather forecasting at NOAA and EUMETSAT. Spire is the only provider that has powered applications on constellation scale across use cases of remote sensing, SIGINT, connectivity, and space situational awareness.
Spire is a vertically integrated company that offers end-to-end supply chain from mission design to operations, with a flight heritage of 490+ years and available through a subscription model.
Availability and support
Spire has offices in San Francisco, Boulder, Washington DC, Ontario, Glasgow, Oxfordshire, Luxembourg, and Singapore and is a registered entity in Australia.
Key customers
Australian Government –z Office of National Intelligence, EUMETSAT, NOAA, ECMWF, European Space Agency, Luxembourg Space Agency, Met Office
Key partnerships
ESA, DASA, DARPA, NOAA
Quality accreditations and awards
ISO9001
Contact:
Andrew Cawthorne
Director Business Development & Sales
Tycho House, 20 Stephenson Road
Surrey Research Park, Guildford
Surrey UK
Clive Oates
Regional Head – SSTL Australia
Lot 14, corner of North Terrace and Frome Rd
Adelaide, 5000, SA, Australia
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) is at the forefront of space innovation delivering customisable complete mission solutions for Earth observation, science, communications, navigation, in-orbit debris removal and servicing and exploration beyond Earth infrastructure. Headquartered in Guildford, UK, SSTL has recently opened an office in South Australia to collaborate with the Australian Space industry by sharing knowledge, intellectual property and experience to stimulate local growth and competitiveness.
acawthorne@sstl.co.uk
+441483 803803
CarbSAR
Utilises the platform heritage of the Carbonite series and combines it with an innovative deployable X-band SAR payload to provide high resolution imaging capabilities night and day, whatever the weather.
coates@sstl.co.uk
+447824804929
www.sstl.co.uk
SSTL’s range of small satellites includes the following:
Carb+
A 100kg class optical imaging satellite with a propulsion system, additional redundancy and higher throughput. Carb+ can capture >120 second video clips of a target, adding a new dimension to high resolution EO imagery.
DarkCarb
A high resolution mid-wave infrared (MWIR) imaging satellite which can produce thermal data with a resolution as good as the market leading capability, at one tenth the spacecraft mass.
TrueColour
A medium spatial resolution and multispectral using the Carbonite platform and with a wide swathe imager operating in nine selected bands.
SSTL’s key competitive offering is based around its position as ‘the original new space renegade’ building small satellite training programmes (see below graphic) for customers looking to develop a space satellite programme at an economic entry point. After 40+ years of existence SSTL is now a mid-sized manufacturer valued by a diverse customer base for its track record and extensive capability. SSTL is neither immature Start-Up nor OldSpace Mega Corporation and uniquely combines innovative capability with heritage-earned engineering wisdom.
Key customers and partnerships
SSTL currently have 5 key satellite programmes in manufacture with our mission partners. Two for the European Space Agency, and one each for the UK MOD, for Space Norway & for Global Satellite Vu.
Quality accreditations and awards
ISO9001:2 Environmental Management Systems
ISO27001:2013 Information Management Systems
+442891811212 www.sstl.co.uk
Springco was established in 1954 and have nearly 60 years’ experience in supplying specialist spring solutions, Springco can design and manufacture all types of springs for almost any application. Springco manufacture and supply compression, tension, torsion, flat springs, wire forms as well as a wide range of miscellaneous springs in exotic metals specialising in nickel and cobalt alloys. Our wide customer base includes aerospace and space, offshore and subsea industries, medical, defence, valve manufacturing, renewable, power, and nuclear sectors plus general engineering. Our extensive knowledge in high and low temperature applications gives our customers the confidence that the spring solutions supplied will suit their specific requirements.
Springco are a globally known and reputable manufacturer and supplier in Ireland, UK, and Europe of specialist springs manufactured from exotic alloys. Our extensive knowledge in high and low temperature applications gives our
customers the confidence that the spring solutions supplied will suit their specific requirements:
Bespoke spring solutions in a wide range of materials and wire diameters such as: spring solutions in a wide range of materials and wire diameters such as:
• Compression Springs
• Tension Springs
• Torsion Springs
• Flat Springs
• Wire Forms
• Tube Forms
• Sub-assembly
• Nickel and Cobalt Alloy specialists Materials
• Spring Steel
• Stainless types 302/316/17-7PH
• Aerospace Grades S201/S202/S205
• Beryllium Copper/Phosphor Bronze
• Inconel X-750/600/718/625
• Hastelloy C276/C2000/C22/C4/B3
• Monel 400/K500
• Elgiloy/MP35N/Nimonic 90
• TitaniumAluminium Tube in round, square and rectangular cross section.
What makes Springco stand out from the crowd?
We see ourselves as a spring solution company. In other words, we devise solutions which have not been found by anyone else before they talk to us.
Why should Springco be selected?
Our business model is entirely focused on “Advanced Spring Technology”, not just “making springs”. We have over 60 years’ experience and a global market reputation in finding answers to spring problems that have eluded may others. We have recently invested extensively in a new Research and Development (R&D) department to enhance this capability. One of the key focuses of this investment is the R&D work on the development of potentially machining Magnesium extrusions and the associated development of an Anodising element carried which is very new in the Aerospace sector. Springco’s R&D division is headed by an Industrial PhD who is working on the evaluation, development, and implementation of Smart Manufacturing technologies and currently collaborating with Queen’s University Belfast, supported by the Royal Commission of 1851’s Industrial Fellowship.
Availability and support
• HGAS actuator for the JPL Mars curiosity rover (2011)
• GAIA mission charting 3D map of the Milky Way Galaxy (2014)
• BepiColombo Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter Mission (2018)
• Solar Orbiter I-Boom Mechanism (2020) Springco staff operate from headquarters in Northern Ireland.
Key customers
Thales Air Defence Ltd
Sener, Spain
Crane Chem Pharma & Energy
Thompson Aero Seating Ltd
Key partnerships
Northern Ireland Space SIG and Space Leadership Council
InvestNI
Northern Ireland Space Office
Queens University Belfast
Quality accreditations and awards
AS9100D & BS EN ISO 9001:2015
SC21 Silver Award
EFQM 4-Star Award
106 Waterhouse Lane
Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QU UK
The companies of Teledyne Imaging have an unmatched heritage developing imaging solutions for the world’s foremost space agencies, missions and defense primes. We have 50+ years of experience partnering with leaders including NASA, ESA, JAXA and CNSA to deliver optimized sensors, engineered imaging systems, technical and consultancy services for imaging, space and defense projects.
Capella
Cappella is a highly flexible CMOS image sensor platform designed for a large range of space applications. The family consists of two main variants, one for use where low noise is critical and the second designed for high signal applications. Both of these variants can be combined with a number of other options including package design and AR coatings.
Antonino.Spatola@teledyne.com
01245 493493
www.teledyne-e2v.com
Orbis
Orbis are very high resolution CMOS time delay integration (TDI) image sensors with CCD on CMOS architecture designed for space satellite Earth observation (EO), planetary exploration, airborne and defense applications, providing extraordinary images.
Sapphire
The EV76C560 is a 1.3 million pixel CMOS image sensor designed with e2v’s proprietary Eye-On-Si CMOS imaging technology. It is suitable for many different types of application where superior performance is required. The innovative pixel design offers excellent performance in low-light conditions with an electronic global (true snapshot) shutter, and offers a high readout speed at 60 fps in full resolution. Its very low power consumption makes it well suited for battery powered applications.
Teledyne Imaging is a leading provider of custom image sensors for performance critical space science, Earth observation and ground astronomy applications. We collaborate closely with our partners and customers, taking full responsibility for the entire supply chain, from design, including a variety of package options, to delivery. We offer back thinned, COTS+ and space qualified CMOS image sensors, with unparalleled performance in terms of sensitivity, radiation tolerance and low power consumption.
With expertise in demanding imaging requirements tailored to operational needs Teledyne has the imaging solution you need ranging from custom detectors, COTS+ meeting MIL-Spec’s, standard image sensors, camera solutions, subsystems and control electronics.
Teledyne Imaging has a proud heritage developing and manufacturing components and sub-systems with dedicated foundries, engineering and manufacturing centres of excellence in Europe, the UK and North America.
With in-house experience, production capabilities and detector FPA materials, Teledyne is able to design, develop and manufacture using the most appropriate and innovative methods.
Availability and support
Teledyne Dalsa based in Canada
Teledyne e2v based in UK
Teledyne Imaging Sensors based in the US
Key customers
European Space Agency
CNES
Airbus
NASA UK Space Agency
Thales Alenia Space
Quality accreditations and awards
BS EN iSO 9001:2015, BS EN ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001: 2018, BS EN ISO 9100: 2018, MIL-PRF-38535, BS EN ISO 13485:2016
Company overview
With a pedigree in the UK stretching back over 40 years, Telespazio UK (TPZ UK) has its HQ just outside Luton and is part of Telespazio, a joint-venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), one of the world’s main players in satellite solutions and services. Telespazio UK, from developing space systems to managing launch and inorbit satellite control services, from Earth Observation to satellite navigation, to major scientific programmes, we deploy our expertise in engineering, complex programmes and services to provide solutions for our customers.
EaseQC TPZ UK developed a toolset that incorporates Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to support quality control assessments of EO data. Advanced AI models are used to assess high volumes of data to identify anomalies previously only detectable by human QC operators AI developments have focused on: (i) deep learning-based models to detect visual anomalies in the data and (ii) underlying infrastructure and tools to support the development and deployment of those models.
Earthnet Data Assessment Project (EDAP)
Provides the framework for integrating non-ESA missions, i.e. Third Party Missions (TPMs) into the overall ESA Earth Observation strategy. The programme
www.telespazio.co.uk/en/home
allows European and international users access to a large portfolio of TPMs. As technical lead for identified optical and radio-frequency missions (i.e. potential / candidate TPM), TPZ UK perform independent preliminary quality assessments of data and documentation, in a fair and consistent way following the QA framework and best practice guidelines, and establish fitness for purpose. We generate technical notes to provide quality information that can be used to support decisions on whether assessed missions are suitable for integration into the programme as ESA TPMS.
Instrument Data Evaluation & Analysis
Service (IDEAS) Quality Assurance
Framework for Earth Observation (QA4EO) An operational EO data quality service for ESA that covers ESA and select TPMs. The service covers expert scientific and reprocessing support, software, Instrument Processing Facilities (IPF), and tool maintenance and evolution. TPZ UK is responsible for the overall service, operations, reporting and evolution. We provide specialist support for data quality assurance relating to specific missions (and instruments) including Landsat, SMOS, CryoSat, ERS (ATSR, SAR), Envisat (AATSR, MERIS, ASAR), JAXA’s ALOS mission and others.
EO Supply Chain Quality Assurance
(EOSure) Supporting Lloyd’s Register to certify EO value adding companies to the EARSC Quality Management System Certification scheme. We are also working
to develop an EO Product Certification scheme in line with end-user requirements and piloting a scheme to certify candidate products.
Earth Observation Exploitation Platform
Common Architecture (EOEPCA) Provides an architecture that supports greater interoperability between EO platforms, across an open network of resources, facilitating easier access and more efficient exploitation of EO and other data. We established a consensus of best practice for EO Exploitation Platforms based on open standards. A reference implementation of building blocks is provided as free open-source software, and this software continues to evolve, currently expanding its capability to enable Platform Extensions with AI capabilities. We also used this architecture as the basis for the UK EO Data Hub architecture.
Climate Risk Indicators for Industry (CRII)
Tool analyses historical & future climate trends & extreme weather events to provide climate extreme indices. To support financial institutions in performing climate risk assessments and disclosures through the provision of readily ingestible spacebased climate data to gain insights into how the changing climate could affect their areas of interest and their investments. This tool provides access to pre-calculated climate indices for temperature extremes, heavy rain, drought, high winds & sea level. These indices cover the period from 1950 to present and are developed from ERA5 reanalysis data & satellite EO datasets from the ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI). Future climate trends are provided from 2015 to 2100 using selected CMIP6 projections and scenarios. The tool provides a platform with interactive user interface for the dynamic interrogation of the data for selected areas of interest, or alternatively can provide climate indices output to integrate into existing financial tools.
Telespazio UK’s key capabilities are in the following domain areas:
Earth Observation (EO) and Climate Change: strong expertise in supporting ESA, ECMWF, UKSA, and space primes to deliver and maintain resilient, secure, end-to-end solutions in the domains of Earth Observation, Navigation, Satellite Communications and Launch. The largest program being an EO Data Quality Service for ESA/ESRIN spanning all their data from 15+ operational and legacy mission data streams. More recently, TPZ UK has introduced artificial intelligence (AI) into this offering to provide enhanced service capability. Engineering and Programme Support: including onsite support for several customers, namely ESAC (Spain), ECSAT (United Kingdom) and Airbus (United Kingdom). TPZ UK has provided subject matter expertise and program support to almost every ESA mission in the last 40 years, as well as national and commercial program across Europe, the Middle East and beyond. Availability and support Office and Staff operating in the UK and Spain.
Key customers
European Space Agency (ESA)
UK Government – Defra
UK Ministry of Defence (MOD)
Thales Alenia Space (TAS)
Key partnerships
UK Space Agency (UKSA)
Space4Climate
UKSpace
National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Quality accreditations and awards
Quality Management System Certification standard BS-EN-ISO 9001:2015
Cyber Essentials Plus certification
Contact:
Andy Bradford
CEO Victoria Montag General Managerandyb@uklsl.com
+ 44 (0) 7478 719 959
victoria@uklsl.com
+44 (0) 7989 576 966
UKLSL can manage the requirements of and interfaces between Launch Service Providers, Launch Site, Range Control (and other services such as Aerodrome for horizontal launch services) throughout design and construction phase of a launch service.
Spaceflight Licence & Regulatory Support
Availability and support
Staff operating in London, Wales and Scotland.
Supplied into Launch UK programme.
Key customers
ORBEX
Prestwick Spaceport/ South Ayrshire Council
www.uklsl.space
UKLSL are a recognised space sector specialist in assisting states establish launch capabilities and enabling potential launch sites, spaceports and/or launch service providers to create commercially attractive launch service business and operational models.
A UK based consultancy with a global focus, we offer independent and impartial expertise covering all elements of launch services. With over 100 years of combined experience in the satellite and launch industries, we offer a unique perspective of the full launch service lifecycle, from both customer and supplier viewpoints.
UKLSL’s knowledge of the international spaceflight industry allows us to provide intelligent interpretation of market trends.
UKLSL has performed ground and flight safety analysis for four spaceports within
the UK, leveraging our knowledge of multiple regulatory regimes to perform this analysis.
UKLSL have performed mission risk assessments including mission level reliability analysis considering and incorporating all elements of the launch service to feed in to MPL assessment and calculation.
UKLSL has assisted with spaceport design at 4 UK spaceports, working with launch services providers, site operators and architect teams advising on safety and operations aspects, ensuring that site layouts are designed in accordance with safety distancing requirements.
UKLSL understand all elements of a launch service and use this knowledge to enable potential launch sites, spaceports and launch service to create a commercially attractive launch service business and operations model.
UKLSL are knowledgeable of, and have led a number of spaceport, launch and orbital operator license applications within multiple international regulatory regimes.
We are a totally independent company and offer impartial services to companies and states wishing to enter the launch sector. Our expertise come from decades of industry experience from satellite, orbital and sub-orbital launch companies giving UKLSL a completely unique and holistic perspective of the global launch industry. We complement our industry knowledge by working with renowned subject matter experts from all areas of the space industry, from risk and safety and human factors to space law.
UK Space Agency
Satellite Applications Catapult
Key partnerships
Alden Legal Deimos
Jacobs
Exotopic
The Gulf & Indo-Pacific
Space Sector Team
space@trade.gov.uk
Joshua Broom
Head of Space
Space Sector Team
space@trade.gov.uk
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