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Services at the Space Enterprise Lab (SEL) will include support for virtual meetings, business sprints, user engagement sessions, virtual whiteboards and built-in video conferencing. They will be available for use by everyone within the UK space sector to utilise.
The labs are designed to support the growth of the space sector across the UK providing a secure environment for hybrid working. The idea is that businesses will be better able to collaborate across a range of high-tech areas, bringing ideas and customers together more effectively.
The CSA Catapult highlighted its relevance for space-based development. For example, compound semiconductors enable a number of space-based applications where harsh environments, temperature range, and reliability are all major considerations, it said, which brings into play the CSA Catapult’s expertise in advanced packaging and harsh environmental and reliability testing.
“We are delighted to be able to host a Space Enterprise Lab here at CSA Catapult to support a growing network of space organisations and academic institutions across the UK,” said Martin McHugh, Chief Executive Officer at CSA Catapult.
“We hope this innovative new service will encourage more companies to work collaboratively with us. We have a broad technical offering and experience in supporting companies developing space applications.”
Space Enterprise Lab
With the addition of SEL Newport, there is a total of 12 Space Enterprise Labs across the country, comprising:
- SEL Daresbury (Liverpool City Region)
- SEL Edinburgh (Midlothian)
- SEL Glasgow (Lanarkshire)
- SEL Leeds (West Yorkshire)
- SEL Exeter (Devon)
- SEL Harwell (Oxfordshire)
- SEL Leicester (Leicestershire)
- SEL NETPark (County Durham)
- SEL Penryn (Cornwall)
- SEL Portsmouth (Hampshire)
- SEL Westcott (Buckinghamshire)
You can read more about Space Enterprise Labs on the Satellite Applications Catapult website.
Image: CSA Catapult – The Secretary of State for Wales, David TC Davies MP, visiting the CSA Catapult’s Innovation Centre in Newport (December 2022).
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