Catherine Armour - SWCoE Satellite Applications - Tech Connect Lightning Talk, Software Cornwall
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Regional centre focuses on downstream satellite data and commercial apps, claiming a UK market of £25 billion downstream market by 2030 and targeting GPS, EO and IoT use cases (NDVI crop indexes, AIS vessel tracking, navigation APIs). Delivered a space pitch accelerator: 16 startups, £500k follow-on investment and helped raise £1.75M into local SMEs; example app reaches 5,000 users, received a £5k kick‑start then a £265k funding round and is being redeveloped for Android and NHS deployment.
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- 0:00Start
- 2:05Targeting growth
- 2:20A SW Space Strategy
- 3:07Resources & Assets
- 5:04Opportunity for all
- 7:36The Virtual Water Project
- 8:13Dashboards
