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Ending Marine Plastic Pollution with Satellites & AI – ESA BIC UK Alumni Plastic-i Launch AI Platform
ESA BIC UK Alumi and 2024 Earthshot Prize nominee, Plastic-i, celebrate their latest milestone with the launch of their Plastic-i Observatory – the world’s first AI-powered platform for mapping marine…
Success for Spaceflux who win Dstl Contract and launch Spaceflux Labs
Spaceflux has recently been awarded the "Infra-Red Sensor Technology Demonstrator System for Space Domain Awareness" contract by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), a UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD)…
Start-ups Using Space Tech to Tackle Climate Change
It’s World Space Week 2024 and this year’s theme centres on space and climate change. While not always obvious, space science and space technology play a key role in helping…
Astron Systems join prestigious Techstars Space Accelerator programme
We are pleased to share that ESA BIC UK alumni Astron Systems have been selected to join the prestigious Techstars Space Accelerator programme - carried out in partnership with the…
Success for ESA BIC UK companies awarded funding from the National Space Innovation Programme
Six ESA BIC UK companies have been awarded funding from the UK Space Agency’s National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP). The successful projects will share a percentage of the £33 million…
UK start-up bringing trust and traceability to ecosystem restoration by harnessing satellite data
Challenge: The protection and restoration of ecosystems around the world is a major issue for governments, businesses, and local populations. Healthy ecosystems with rich biodiversity have more fertile soils, bigger…
Reusable rockets for affordable, responsive, and sustainable orbital launch
Astron Systems, founded in 2021, are creating fully reusable rockets for more affordable, responsive, and sustainable orbital launch of small satellites. Challenge: There has been a steady march of miniaturisation…
Accelerating the development of in-orbit infrastructure
Lúnasa is developing next-gen technologies and services for enabling the In-Orbit Services, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) industry. The company is focused on building and commercialising its autonomous Rendezvous Proximity Operations…
From sea to space: Oshen
Introducing Oshen, one of the latest companies to join the ESA BIC UK programme at STFC’s Daresbury Laboratory in the northwest. Oshen is a dynamic UK start-up working on new…
ESA Contract success for Lunasa Space
Congratulations to Lunasa Space, who, on the 6 January 2024, signed a €611k contract with the European Space Agency (ESA). Lunasa Space are a UK-based space-tech startup, founded by Amin…
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