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His Majesty The King Officially Opens The UK Space and Defence Gateway at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus

His Majesty King Charles III visited the UK’s largest space cluster today to officially open the UK Space and Defence Gateway, an initiative aligned with the principles of the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s (SMI) Astra Carta, a global framework launched by His Majesty, as Prince of Wales, to ensure the space sector supports a sustainable future. […]

Science and innovation, Space and satellites

UK gov selects Open Cosmos as approved provider for £8bn Sovereign Comms framework

Oxfordshire-based space company, Open Cosmos, has been selected by the British Government Commercial Agency (GCA) as an officially certified and vetted partner to provide satellite connectivity via its low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation, ConnectedCosmos, as the UK seeks to build its own sovereign connectivity architecture. Open Cosmos has been named as a supplier in Lot…
Science and innovation

Harwell Campus and Diamond Light Source Unveil Supersized Public Artwork Celebrating Scientific Discovery

Harwell Campus and Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron, have unveiled ‘Fragments’, a new public interactive artwork inspired by the pioneering scientific discoveries taking place on campus, celebrating innovation while providing an engaging space for campus members, visitors and the local community. Fragments is a series of three striking large-scale sculptures, inspired by protein-ligand…
Science and innovation, Space and satellites

Airbus Awarded Aeolus-2 Wind Sensing Satellite Contract by European Space Agency

Airbus Defence and Space has signed the initial contract for the design and build of the Aeolus-2 wind sensing satellite from the European Space Agency (ESA) at a ceremony at ESA’s UK headquarters ECSAT at Harwell. Aeolus-2 will follow the first Aeolus wind sensing satellite, built by Airbus and launched in 2018. The first satellite…