25 January 2021
Students vie for places in UK's growing space industry
... for future rocket engineers working on our orbital launch vehicles, which are intended to launch from Sutherland in Scotland." “We’re very excited to be partnering with Orbex on the National Rocketry Championship 2020-2021; their support will allow...
March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
... is hardly the norm. More realistic are the robust Cubesats from Denmark’s GomSpace and the kits of Scotland-based Clyde Space and Pumpkin in America. Table 1 shows the international nature of the resulting marketplace supporting...
November 2017
Managing air and space traffic from orbit
...’ project. Early experiments showed that the idea was feasible and, on 13 June 2013, an A320 Airbus overflying Scotland was the first aircraft ‘seen’ from space. When the receiving device, on board the ESA PROBA...
February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
... drivers for launching small satellites are congestion and debris mitigation One example is Prestwick Airport in Scotland. Around the airport is a cluster of large aerospace companies, including Spirit Aerosystems, which manufactures wing components...
June 2018
Striding through space
... assessing economic benefits, and documenting the history of space exploration. Formerly chief economist of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland, he has also evaluated technology projects for the UK government. His book the Haynes Astronaut Manual was...
November 2018
Connecting and collaborating for innovation
... in collaboration with the Scottish Government’s economic and community development agency for the north and west of Scotland, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and local National Health Service organisations. In remote areas patients and healthcare...
