Weekly Space News Roundup for 8th August 2021
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In Today’s Episode:
Inmarsat announce a new space enabled communications network called: Orchestra;
SSTL and Airbus Defence and Space collaborate on Quantum Satellite, generating a paradigm shift in mission flexibility;
Prime Minister Boris Johnson opens a new £35m Airbus Defence and Space HQ in Stevenage;
Two spacecraft with significant UK contribution swoop down on Venus at the same time as one another;
UK Space Agency launch the second phase of their LEO Programme, a start-up accelerator programme powered by Entrepreneurial Spark who’s Co-Founder and Director gives us an exclusive.
and, the #JoboftheWeek this week comes from Alba Orbital in Glasgow. The start-up which GiantLeapers will remember completed the Y Combinator Accelerator, and completed a successful funding round earlier this year. They now continue to expand their team!
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