New Satellites Cheaper

From scenta SET:

While European science budgets are under tremendous strain, British academia and industry representatives met to discuss low-cost opportunities in space for satellites. A unique partnership exists between UK industry and academia in designing and building compact and extremely cost-effective satellites packed with innovative technology. Such technology includes miniaturised instrumentation, robotics, software and autonomous systems, which makes a significant contribution to scientific research, environmental monitoring, navigation and communications, alongside more traditional larger missions. There will inevitably be great opportunities for UK industry and academia to provide leading roles in medium and large missions through the European space Agency's (ESA) Cosmic Vision programme, which looks at an exploration programme for the time period of 2015-2025.

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