NESCA space accelerator backs 13 North East projects

NESCA – the North East Space Communications Accelerator – is distributing £490,000 to 13 space communications and technology projects.

They cover testing for atmospheric interference, using AI and satellite data to prevent crop disease, and improving laser-based space communications. And the projects are split across the three universities participating: Durham, Newcastle and Northumbria.

At Durham University, for example, Dr Perrine Lognoné is working with Telespazio UK to build a first-of-its-kind testing facility. It uses a 7km laser link on the Durham campus to recreate the atmospheric interference that satellite signals encounter, giving UK companies a way to more fully test their technology on the ground.

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