RAL Space

🚀 Big news from the Appleton Space Conference: the Small Satellite Calibration Facility is now open for business!

A RAL Space & @NPL collaboration, it offers world-class, cost-effective calibration for small satellite businesses, SMEs and universities.

ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/new-faci…

🚀 The 20th Appleton Space Conference is this Thursday!

Join us online for a programme featuring:
🪐Talks on space weather, astronomy & climate science
🎙️Keynote from Dr. Paul Bate, CEO UK Space Agency
📅5 Dec | 🕘 9:30–17:30
🔗 Register for the webinar: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/667cd604…

Since its launch, the Appleton Space Conference has been a cornerstone event for the UK space community.

This year marks a special milestone, and as we celebrate the 20th Appleton Space Conference we’re thrilled to announce @spacegovuk CEO Dr Paul Bate as our keynote speaker!🙌

We were pleased to host Dr Makenzie Lystrup, director @NASAGoddard, during her recent visit to the UK🚀🇬🇧
Her visit was a fantastic opportunity for our staff to deepen understandings of Goddard's contributions to space exploration and to discuss potential future collaborations!🚀

🚀⌛️ Less than 1 week to go until Space Tech Expo Europe!

Meet our team and colleagues from @ukatc and @STFC_B2B on 19–21 November in Bremen, Germany. See you on stand R33 👋

#SpaceAtSTFC #SpaceTechExpo

We’re exhibiting at the #QuantumShowcase24 in London today 🛰

Come and talk to our quantum sensors team on stand 83 to learn about our projects developing space technology and opportunities to work with us.

Take a look at the agenda 👉 iuk-business-connect.org.uk/events/uk-nati…

#SpaceAtSTFC

Olá from Lisboa!👋🇵🇹

Lots of RAL Space faces in Portugal this week for the latest @ArielTelescope meeting. Ariel will survey ~1000 exoplanets, unveiling details about their nature and evolution🪐

Read more about the mission and the UK's involvement 👉 ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/ESA-form…

We’re exhibiting at Space Tech Expo Europe on 19-21 November🛰️

Find our team on stand R33, where we'll be demonstrating how your business can benefit from access to our world-leading knowledge, unique facilities and networks.

See you in Bremen!👋

#SpaceTechExpo #SpaceAtSTFC

Exciting news!💫

RAL Space is leading the group that will develop contributions to #PRIMA's ground segment, responsible for processing and analysing the data from the spacecraft🛰️

Read more 🔗ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/prima-sh…

We were delighted to welcome @NASA Head of Science Dr Nicky Fox last week!🚀🪐

After meeting with RAL Space & @spacegovuk to discuss our exciting projects, Dr Fox gave an inspiring lecture covering NASA's vision for powerful science and valuable advice for early career staff.

It’s a privilege to support the Blue Skies students who impress us every year with their pitches for new space missions! 🛰️

☀️🌍After 24 years in space, the first of 4 satellites making up @ESA_Cluster is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere this Sunday.

We spoke to Anne from our satellite operations team about our involvement in the mission and how the team is feeling ahead of Cluster's grand finale👇

🌍🛰️ RAL Space is leading three of seven projects making up a programme to support rapid development of innovative #EarthObservation instruments monitoring the climate and marine environment in new ways.

Read more about the #EO4MCM programme 🔗ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/leading-…

A mini lab developed by @OpenUniversity with support from RAL Space has secured a ride to the Moon with @NASA!🚀🌑

ProSPA will be delivered to the Moon by @Int_Machines as part of @esa's Prospect package in search of volatiles, including water ice. ❄️

👉ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/prospa-s…

The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory's #TalkingScience series is starting soon, and our very own Victoria Yankelevich will be kicking things off with her "Universe in a Pancake" talk!

📆 27 September, 7pm
📍 RAL

🎟️Reserve your place and find out more: eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-scie…

Throughout Cluster's life in space, commands for the spacecraft have been planned and prepared by a team based at RAL Space.
There'll no doubt be some mixed emotions here and across the sector over the next few weeks as we see the beginning of the end for this iconic mission.☀️🌎

"This Gargantuan Lab Simulates Blasting Satellites Into Space"... yep, that's us!🤗

We've been testing spacecraft for a long time, but our biggest and newest test facility opened its doors earlier this year. Read all about it in this article from @WIRED👉wired.com/story/national…

We're biased, but... the view from inside our large space test chamber is pretty cool. 😎 (or hot, depending on the test!)

Give us a vote? 🤗👇

Happy #WorldPhotographyDay! 🎈📡 We're celebrating with this stunning photo of the Chilbolton Observatory. Thanks and credits to John Compton, who shared the image in a local Facebook group recently. 📸

📸Our National Satellite Test Facility looks particularly photogenic in these recent images, captured recently for @WIRED UK!

Read @Astro_Jonny's feature about the facility in the latest edition of the magazine, or read more about the NSTF here 🔗ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/lift-off… 🛰️