Next-gen satellite communications receive £13mln boost
The UK Space Agency’s 16 projects are to support development of satellite communications for the UK's future.
This encompasses funding that will help agriculture as well as transforming access to 5G and 6G networks.
The 16 projects will be delivered as part of the European Space Agency’s Advanced Research in Telecommunication Systems (ARTES) programme.
The set of projects are:
STARS, Exobotics Ltd, London, receiving £2.1mln
Theia – Software Defined Radio Generic Payload Processor, Airbus Defence and Space UK Ltd, Portsmouth receiving £1.5mln
QUAKES: Quick Universal Array for Ka-band, E-band, and S-band Earth Stations, Orbital Astronautics Ltd, Goring–On-Thames receiving £1.7mln
Hybrid Generative Broadcasting & Semantic SATCOM for Satellite Content Delivery in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks, AWTG Ltd, London receiving £684,000
Optimus, Archangel Lightworks Ltd, Oxford receiving £18mln
NextGen Deep Space & Lunar Ground TT&C Processor (TTCP Lite), BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Limited, Chelmsford receiving £123,000
DTN Network Operations Centre, Aalyria Technologies (UK) Ltd, London receiving £750,000
NG-OGS Accelerator: Accelerating Next-Gen Optical and Quantum Ground Station Networks, Lumino Technologies Ltd, London receiving £1.1mln
Digital BUC / HPA, ETL Systems Limited, Hereford receiving £895,000
‘UPLINK-GEO’ – Power Scaled Erbium-Doped Fibre Laser and Hollow-Core Fibre Beam Delivery to Enable Optical Ground Stations with Extended Range to GEO and Beyond, Woodrow Scientific Ltd, Southampton receiving £376,000
Satellites for Digitalisation of Railways (SODOR) CCN 4 – West Highland Line Pilot, CGI IT UK Ltd, Leatherhead receiving £428,000
NOVACOM2: Propulsion Pressure Regulation Equipment for HET, Nammo UK, Aylesbury receiving £860,000
Gardens, Allotments and Urban Farming Facilitator (GAUFF) Sensor - TN/NTN Optimisation, Farmer Charlie, London receiving £199,000
‘UPLINK-4.0’ – UPLINK Amplifier Technology to Meet the Challenges of SDA OCT 4.0 Burst-Mode Operation, Woodrow Scientific Ltd, Southampton receiving £205,000
Lacuna User Terminal Development, Lacuna Space Ltd, Harwell receiving £429,000
TS-SDN based SMO for 5G/6G NTNs, Aalyria Technologies (UK) Ltd, London, receiving £472,000
