An invention by University of Southampton researchers that will enable satellites to deorbit safely has launched into space for the first time.

Each month, the South Coast Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications (Space South Central) aims to bring together a curated list of the latest and best in funding opportunities, for businesses working in the space sector across the South East.

Satellite technology from the University of Surrey will help protect and create new habitats for the county’s wildlife in a three-year £1.25 million project, Space4Nature.

Each month, the South Coast Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications (Space South Central) aims to bring together a curated list of the latest and best in funding opportunities, for businesses working in the space sector across the South East.

An exciting new publication by the University of Southampton is out now, showcasing some of the inspiring and pioneering space-related research taking place. Space at Southampton 2022 includes an in-depth look at work at the University to enable space-based solar power to become a reality, from clever coatings to absorb the sun’s energy without burning up, to inventing a new type of space reflector, to beaming the solar energy back down to Earth.

Women's Entrepreneurship Day is on the 19th of November. Founded in 2013 the movement was established to bring awareness to the 250 million girls living in poverty globally that deserve to be given a chance in life, while simultaneously inspiring and empowering the 4 billion women on the planet. Space South Central spoke Wenmiao Yu, Co-Founder & Director of Business Development, Quantum Dice about the challenges she faced in the sector, what drew her to space and who inspired her.

This month, Britain is expected to make an incredible aerospace breakthrough. For the first time ever, a satellite will be fired into orbit from a launch pad in the United Kingdom. Along with it, many great projects will begin here on earth, one of which belongs to Dr. Ian Hendy, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Science & Health, School of Biological Sciences at the University of Portsmouth. We met with him to discuss his exciting project that will assist in the prevention of climate change.

Each month, the South Coast Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications (Space South Central) aims to bring together a curated list of the latest and best in funding opportunities, for businesses working in the space sector across the South East.

The 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Paris was an excellent opportunity for regional partner University of Surrey to reconnect with the international space community and consolidate its position as a leader in space research and education on the world stage.

October 31st is not only Halloween but also Dark Matter Day. Space South Central interviewed Professor David Bacon, Associate Director of the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth. Dark Matter can seem like a daunting subject but in reality is just the unknown. David breaks down the subject of dark matter and whether it is something that should scare us?

The University of Portsmouth has been successful in its bid to host a European Space Agency (ESA) UK ambassador.

Each month, we aim to bring together a curated list of the latest and best in funding opportunities for businesses working in the space sector across the South-Central Region.

Robert Hauge spoke at Space Comm President from SpaceLogistics, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman and thinks they have found a solution to the ever-growing space debris with satellite life extension.

Following the successful completion of the CLEAR mission feasibility study, the consortium, including the University of Surrey, has been awarded a £2.2M follow-up contract by the UK Space Agency to perform the preliminary mission design stage for a new project.

ASAT or Anti-Satellite Weapons are space weapons designed to destroy or damage a satellite beyond repair. No ASAT system has been used in Warfare but countries such as Russia, China and the USA have used them to shoot down their own satellites, in a show of force and to bring down decommissioned satellites. This “testing” causes more space debris to form, accelerating the Kessler effect.

This year's theme for World Space Week is sustainability. Making space greener is massively important to our world, nation and region. We attended Space Comm 2022 last month and one of the hotly debated topics was Space Sustainability. It's incredibly important to have discussions about how the sector can be more sustainable at a time when it is growing at such a rapid rate. With a new space age on the horizon, what are leading space businesses doing to help improve sustainability in space?

Space South Central held the first meeting of its Advisory Board on 26th September, hosted at the Surrey Research Park. Board members represent a terrific cross section of organisations from across the whole South Central region, all committed to contributing their time an effort to help translate Space South Central’s objectives into actions relevant to the region, promote strategic regional coherence, set priorities and provide direction to ensure objectives are delivered.

A new space weather monitoring system, developed by the University of Surrey, could soon protect aircraft flying above the UK and the general public from harmful radiation caused by spikes in cosmic rays.

Local company space company SSTL announced that it had signed a contract with EECL, an engineering consultancy providing design, manufacturing and test services to the satellite and aerospace sector.

BAE Systems and In-Space Missions unveil plans for a new satellite cluster, as part of the Azalea programme.