Tag: UK Space Agency

UK-French satellite launches to transform climate monitoring

Stuart Mitchell

RAL Space has played a key role in the development of critical components for Europe’s first dedicated carbon dioxide (CO2) monitoring satellite. The world is set to benefit from more accurate climate data as the groundbreaking MicroCarb satellite has begun its journey to space. Developed in partnership between the UK Space Agency and French Space Agency CNES, MicroCarb marks a major milestone in the global fight against climate change. Successfully launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Kourou, French Guiana on 26 July 2025, MicroCarb joins the international greenhouse gas virtual…

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UK Space Agency funding for technologies to monitor the Earth

Stuart Mitchell

The £15 million UK Space Agency funding will support the research and experimental development of space-based instruments, aimed at supporting a range of environmental services, which could include meteorology, climate monitoring, environmental management, agriculture and urban planning, and improving scientific knowledge. The UK is already a world leader in Earth Observation (EO) tools, technologies, and data use. This funding will help to accelerate the development of promising UK EO technologies which could be flown on satellites in the next few years. The National Space Strategy in Action report, published in…

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New UK space projects to boost global sustainable development receive £3.4 million cash boost

Stuart Mitchell

On World Humanitarian Day, the UK Space Agency announced £3.4 million of new funding for 10 leading-edge projects that back UK academics using space to tackle global development problems – from the spread of malaria to human trafficking and forced labour. In 2018, there were an estimated 228 million cases and 405,000 deaths from malaria alone. Using satellite, air-borne and ground-based sensing technology, academics at The Open University will detect where mosquitoes are most likely to breed and support efforts to tackle this deadly disease at its source. Once identified,…

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