Space

Space sector GBIP an international launchpad for British AgriTech

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Careful preparation has borne fruit for British AgriTech company Farmer Charlie, after taking part in a Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP) focusing on Singapore. Farmer Charlie’s involvement in the GBIP has led to it signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore-based Kacific Broadband Satellites Group, a next-generation broadband satellite operator.

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CryoSat reveals surprising ebb and flow of subglacial lakes

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Hidden from view by ice kilometres thick, there is a vast network of lakes and streams at the base of the Antarctic ice sheet. This subsurface meltwater affects the speed with which the ice sheet flows towards the ocean. Using a decade of altimetry data from ESA’s CryoSat satellite, scientists have made an unexpected discovery

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Solar Orbiter: turning pictures into physics

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Solar Orbiter’s latest results show that the mission is making the first direct connections between events at the solar surface and what’s happening in interplanetary space around the spacecraft. It is also giving us new insights into solar ‘campfires’, space weather and disintegrating comets.

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