Marine South East partners in new South Coast Centre of Excellence for Satellite Data
A new centre of excellence for satellite data, which will be hosted at the University of Portsmouth ie being set up by a consortium of partner which includes Marine South East.
The new Centre of Excellence will allow the south coast business community to tap into satellite technology that could improve their products and services, for example, developing technology to help robot submarines use live satellite data to inform their route through the ocean - similar to drivers using live traffic updates.
The South Coast Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications will be led by the University of Portsmouth's Institute of Industrial Research. It is co-funded by Satellite Applications Catapult and the UK Space Agency.
The new centre will use data from thousands of man-made satellites which orbit Earth. Some satellites take pictures of the planet that help meteorologists predict weather and track hurricanes, others are used mainly for communications, such as beaming TV signals and phone calls around the world. A group of more than 20 satellites make up the Global Positioning System, or GPS.
Experts at the centre will work with industry, particularly small businesses, to ensure they can use satellite data to make new products and services commercially available. Its market focus areas cover maritime and marine and autonomous systems.
Partners involved in the project include the Universities of Brighton and Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Marine South East, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and Hampshire County Council.
For more information please visit:
https://sa.catapult.org.uk/-/catapult-extends-uk-centres-of-excellence-network
If you are interested in working with the South Coast Centre, please get in touch with Grant Day at grant.day@port.ac.uk
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