{"id":47470,"date":"2024-05-14T11:08:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T10:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=47470"},"modified":"2024-05-14T11:08:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T10:08:26","slug":"uks-earth-observation-technologies-enhanced-with-9m-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/uks-earth-observation-technologies-enhanced-with-9m-funding\/47470\/","title":{"rendered":"UK\u2019s Earth observation technologies enhanced with \u00a39m funding"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK Space Agency has announced its largest investment into an early-stage technology programme to improve the UK\u2019s Earth observation technologies.<\/h2>\n

Delivered by the Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI), the \u00a39m will support 12 projects that will monitor Earth\u2019s atmosphere and measure critical emissions.<\/p>\n

This doubles the programme\u2019s previous largest funding round.<\/p>\n

The new technologies, with their potential to provide a clearer picture of high-emission activities and incidents, offer a beacon of hope in our fight against climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They could enable decision-makers to coordinate more effective responses, marking a significant step forward in our efforts.<\/p>\n

Andrew Griffith MP, Minister for Space at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, said: \u201cThis exciting new generation of satellite instruments, backed by \u00a39m in government funding, will play a key part in our efforts to tackle climate change, pinpointing where emissions are highest on our planet and cementing UK leadership in Earth observation, while helping to attract more private investment into this fast-growing sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

The funding will be bolstered with an additional \u00a32m from the academic and private sectors.<\/p>\n

The UK is a world leader in Earth observation<\/h3>\n

The UK has pledged \u00a3314m to Earth observation as part of a record \u00a31.8bn investment in the European Space Agency.<\/p>\n

Last month, two UK projects were shortlisted by ESA in the latest round of its Earth Explorers programme, dedicated to backing the most innovative satellite missions that monitor the environment.<\/p>\n

One of the projects that received funding was Hydroterra+, which would be placed in geostationary orbit to give data twice a day on water cycles and tectonic events over Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa, and Keystone.<\/p>\n

The satellite would provide the first direct observations of atomic oxygen at 50 to 150km altitude. The project will allow scientists to examine the impact of solar cycles and space weather on certain regions of the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

CEOI projects<\/h3>\n

The projects set to include CEOI funding are:<\/p>\n