Transcript The Satellite Applications Catapult Centre Industry

The Satellite Applications
Catapult
ECIT
12 September 2012
Paul Febvre
Satellite Applications Catapult Programme Director
Catapult is a Technology Strategy Board programme
Purpose - provide information about the
Satellite Applications Catapult
Strategic Aspects
Aims and Approach
Practical Aspects
Types of Activity
Community Benefits
Engagement Process
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Satellite Applications Catapult centre
Upstream
Capturing new
data
Satellite
technology
Downstream
In orbit
demonstration
Satellite
Operations
Data management
and integration
Data
Downlink &
Processing
Connecting with
new markets
Data
Exploitation
& Application
Challenges for
Satellite Applications
The industrial community identified two “valleys of
death” where good ideas fail to become commercial
successes:
• “Failure to industrialise” Technologies where high
entry barriers make demonstration and proving
the new technology impossible
• “Failure to commercialise” Applications where
access to space derived services
or data
is limited
Failure
to Commercialise
or distracts from focus on customer
requirements
(Application
Development)
Failure to Industrialise
(Technology Research)
Registrations of Interest from the
UK Space Community
Satcoms
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EO
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GNSS
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Meteorology and climate change
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Security
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Financial services and insurance
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Distance learning and telemedicine
E‐commerce, incl. home and remote working
Entertainment
Location‐based consumer services
Traffic management, incl. fleet management
Natural resources management,
incl. energy, farming, food and fisheries
Urban planning
Disaster prevention and management
Traffic Management Markets
Space technologies are fundamental within all
areas of traffic management:
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Satellite communication services provide
seamless connectivity between aircraft and
vessels with traffic control centres.
Satellite navigation provides global, real-time
position, velocity and timing information for all
modes of transport.
EO services can deliver timely information on
transport infrastructures and routes, weather and
emissions.
The UK has industrial strength and interest in all
areas.
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The key challenge is to optimise the utilisation of
the existing transport networks through better
use of satellite-based services.
Natural Resources Management
Markets
The UK has strong capability in the development
and use of EO satellite systems capable of
making the unique measurements required for
precision farming and in monitoring forest
degradation.
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Commercial precision agriculture
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Climate change
GNSS and satcom are used in fisheries to
provide vessel monitoring services.
A current challenge is to exploit GNSS potential
to support tidal and wave energy.
Disaster Prevention and Relief
Satellite applications have the potential to
dramatically influence the ability of international
communities to predict and respond to natural
disasters.
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Markets exist in the public sector and also in the
private sector, providing valuable information to
the insurance community - New GNSS signals
and services will spark new applications in
assurance and liability (insurance sector).
Key challenges include the sporadic nature of the
requirements and then the conflicting demands for
communications by multiple sectors in response to
disaster situations.
Security and Civil Protection
Markets
Particular application areas, such as maritime surveillance
and border control, offer good opportunities for the
exploitation of data from current and future enhanced EO
and communications systems.
Applications exist within civil protection, law enforcement,
border control, critical national infrastructure, rescue
forces and emergency services for exploiting the Galileo
Public Regulated Service (PRS) as well as satellite comms.
Challenges include:
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Difficulty of market access
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Partnership requirements between satellite community and downstream
industry in the various sectors
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Engagement with global institutions and realisation of the potential and
capability of satellite EO
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Inter-networking of existing communication systems
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National licensing and procurement regimes for civil sector comms
services such as Tetra networks.
The Mission for Catapult
Innovate
• Idea creation
• Cross-fertilisation
• Investigation &
Analysis
• Business Modelling
Industrialise &
Commercialise
• Market Focus 
• Technology
Research 
• Products & Services
• Applications
Growth
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Deployment
Sustainability
Export Potential
UK Jobs & GDP
enhancement
Catapult Concepts
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Enablers
Disruptive Innovation,
Addressing Barriers,
Horizon Scanning
Incremental Innovation 
Exploiting existing assets 
Business Creation 
Organic Growth
Programmes and Facilities
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= Example Facilities
In-Orbit
Demonstrator
Airborne
Demonstrator
= Market Led Programmes
= Underpinning Programmes
Upstream
Apps Test
Facility
Downstream
Lower barriers of
learning and costs of
innovation
Drive
Demand
Downstream
Markets
7.1 Candidate Facilities
Bench
Platforms
Airborne
Platforms
In-orbit
platform
Application
Development and
Test Platforms
App Delivery Framework
Mission
Platforms
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Other Key
Facilities
EO
Operations
Centre
Comms
SRU
Nav
PRS
Market Led Programmes
Strategic / Disruptive Technologies
Informing investigations/ collaborations...
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SatApps Advisory Panels
Formation orbits, fractionated spacecraft
Undertake Research
Technologies for Q and V band operation
Interference cancellation technologies
4G network technologies – space diversity
Consumer Femto-cell technologies
Integrated chipsets
Inform policy &
Business directions
Maturity
Strategic Programmes
Risk / Impact
High Altitude Platforms
Commercial Projects:
Market led collaborative activities
Market Engagement
Idea
Creation
Feasibility
SME/ Industry
Collaboration
Prototyping
&
Validation
End-user Engagement
and Trials
Exploitation Roadmap
Investor Engagement
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Example of Catapult support for SMEs
undertaking Application Development
App Store Front
Simulate /
Prototype
Domain
Experts
Bid
support
Equipment
and Test
Facilities
Technical
& Mgmt
Support
Satellite
Resources
& Data
T
ADE
Ideation, Rapid
Prototyping
Design, Develop
& Test
Application
Concept
Tools &Utilities
Controls &
Services
Quality Control
Data Access
Reporting
Policies
Legal Docs
Ts & Cs
Feedback
Control
FAQ
Collaboration
Communication
Updates
Demonstrate and
Operate
Verified
Application
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Validated
Application
Funding Profile for Catapult Activities
Administration: 15%
Premises, Personnel, Legal,
Comms, Management
Programmes: 50%
Industry + Competitive
Awards
Satellite Applications Catapult
Application Development
Programmes
Applied
Research
Applied Research: 10%
Research grant funding
Facilities &
Services
Facilities & technical support:
25%
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Leveraging the Core Grant
– responding to industry needs
Space Industry
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TSB
Other Industries
UK Space Agency
Other Government
ESA ARTES
Space Industry
EU FP7, H2020
Academia + Research Institutes
UK National
Programmes
Non-EU
US, China, Korea...
Non-space Industry + SMEs
Other Catapults
Indicative Competencies at capacity
Bus Dev
Admin
3%
5%
Non-Tech
Expertise
7%
Exec Mgment
3%
Radio Eng
8%
Network Eng
12%
Programme
management
7%
Deployment/
Trials/Ops
8%
Information
Eng
8%
App Platforms
8%
App Software
31%
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Indicative Staffing Profile
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120
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Mgmt + Bus Dev
Ops + Support
Developers
Specialists
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2015
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Catapult Strategic Plan
2012
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Goals& plans
Location
Core Competencies
Pilot Programmes
Procurement
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2014
Establish
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Key Facilities
Development Teams
Relationships
Programme Portfolio
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• Applications
• Technologies
• Collaborations
Create
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Growth
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Contract Portfolio
Spin-outs, IPR
Education,
Inform Policy
Deliver
Credibility
Capability
Capacity
Satellite Applications Catapult
Approach to Innovation
Existing & Future Satellite Technologies
Satellite Technology +
Data +
Comms
Earth Observation
Positioning
SatApps Catapult
End users
Meteorological &
Climate Change
Urban Planning
Product & service
delivery
Disaster Prevention
& Mgt
Niche Markets
& customer needs
Natural Resource
Planning
Applications & Services in Niche Markets
Traffic Management
Applications
Location Based
Services
World-leading facilities for satellite data
processing, scientific support and product
and service development
E-commerce
Research
Facilities
Services
Civil Defence &
Security
Products & Services
Satellite Applications Catapult:
Summary
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The Satellite Applications Catapult will:
Be a RESEARCH and TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION;
Have the capacity to DO WORK;
Support technology innovations through access to test facilities;
Support market-led innovations through provision of:
Conceptualisation, development, test and trial capabilities
Aggregation and supply of resources and skills
Collaborate with Research Institutes and Centres of Excellence;
Provide career path potential for researchers in industry
Increase skills reservoir and capacity for innovation in UK
Accelerate growth in the UK space sector!
Satellite Applications Catapult
Thank you for listening!
A topic for Discussion:
What does this all mean for Northern Ireland, the
industry and the research community and ECIT?
Catapult is a Technology Strategy Board programme
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