Oxfordshire projects set to receive UK Space Agency funding

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Tom Kilkelly

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The Enabling Technologies Programme is providing £4 million of funding for Space projects in the UK, with Oxford Dynamics being named as one of the companies set to benefit.

Projects receiving funding cover areas including: weather prediction, climate-change monitoring, and space debris removal through methods of propulsion, sterilisation, in-orbit servicing, imaging, and more.

Oxford Dynamics looks at how a long-range radar system could detect objects in low Earth orbit to support space debris mitigation operations.

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Support from the ETP fund is key to addressing project barriers in research and development, the effects of this funding could amount to a number of jobs and new discoveries within the sector.

Dr Paul Bate, CEO of the UK Space Agency, said: ''Space science and technology has never been more important to life on Earth.

''The Enabling Technologies Programme demonstrates how our work at the UK Space Agency is empowering scientists and engineers in universities, companies and research institutes to develop new capabilities and advance the technologies of tomorrow.

''From the use of space data for weather predication and flood monitoring, to new methods of propulsion and in-orbit servicing, these new projects are great examples of how we can harness the power of space to protect our planet and people.''

Tom Kilkelly

Tom Kilkelly started working as a freelance journalist for The Business Magazine following his graduation from UCL in 2022. During his studies Tom became very interested in the works of Irish authors including Samuel Beckett and Flann O'Brien (Brian O'Nolan). His current role as a freelance business reporter is his first exposure to the world of business journalism. Working at TBM has given Tom the chance to really get to grips with the goings-on in the business hive that is the South East.