Strategy Document 2018-23

STRATEGY 2018-2023

The Satellite Applications Catapult is an organisation with a singular mission – to innovate for a better world, empowered by satellites.

We are an independent innovation and technology company, created by Innovate UK to drive economic growth through the exploitation of space. We work with businesses of all sizes to realise their potential from space infrastructure and its applications.

The world is in the early stages of a new digital revolution, with space technology increasingly at its heart. Satellites are critical infrastructure, as fundamental to the global economy as the energy grid or internet, and space is a UK success story. In 2016, it contributed £13.7bn to our economy, and working with the wider UK space community and the UK Space Agency we will help grow this to £40bn by 2030.

Our new strategy document sets out our organisation’s vision to 2023. It summarises the state of the market and our strategic objectives, and how we will break down the barriers to the growth of the sector. It will also become the yardstick by which we are measured.

Stuart Martin CEO, Satellite Applications Catapult

TO INNOVATE

FOR A

BETTER WORLD, EMPOWERED BY

SATELLITES

INTRODUCTION TO SPACE “SPACE IS A UK SUCCESS STORY” Since 2000, coordinated industry and government actions have trebled the size of the sector. With 6% annual growth and one third of our outputs exported, space now supports 14% of UK GDP - some £250bn. The sector boasts productivity at 2.7 times the national average and is recognised as a vital element of UK economic growth. That growth ambition is to create a sector worth £40bn by 2030.

The Satellite Applications Catapult is at the heart of this: WORKED IN

ENGAGED OVER

3,500

ORGANISATIONS,

OF WHICH HALF ARE SMES

22

200

INVESTED

OPENED FIVE REGIONAL CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

COUNTRIES

ENGAGED WITH

118

£19.7M

IN WORLD-CLASS

UNIVERSITY

FACILITIES

DEPARTMENTS AT

DELIVERED OVER

EXTERNALLY

FUNDED PROJECTS

66 UNIVERSITIES

Of the organisations we have worked with:

27%

41%

41%

have increased R&D expenditure because of working with the Catapult

have increased skills/ capability

have new collaborations in space and non-space sectors

£50M has been raised, with plans to access a further £100m in equity

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BARRIERS TO GROWTH Our assessment of the current market and how we are overcoming the barriers to growth of the industry

GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE ACCESS TO R&D THERE IS LACK OF UPTAKE OF EO DATA DUE TO CHALLENGES OF EASE OF USE We will build on our existing facilities to deliver a comprehensive geospatial innovation environment, integrating AI and machine learning, to support the use of Earth Observation data for commercial users and government to deliver powerful new information services

We will establish the Westcott 5G Step-Out Centre to engage the market in the development of new products and services ready for commercial deployment in 2020 We will ensure satellite is integral to ‘beyond 5G’ communication standards We will build strategic relationships with industry leaders and academia, across Europe (including ESA) and worldwide to build international collaborative research

ENERGISING THE MARKET ABSENCE OF EARLY ADOPTERS

UBIQUITOUS CONNECTIVITY ACCESS TO R&D INTEGRATION OF TERRESTRIAL AND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS DOES NOT HAPPEN AS STANDARD DUE TO A LACK OF ADEQUATE SYSTEMS AND STANDARDS

THERE IS A NEED TO OVERCOME LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND MISCONCEPTIONS We will deliver at least four market programmes to connect the satellite applications sector with end-users We will deliver three large-scale transformative, market-led initiatives that have global applicability, such as the Transport for Innovation Programme – North West which is forecast to deliver £2bn in economic growth and 20,000 high value jobs

BY OVERCOMING THESE BARRIERS, BY 2023 WE WILL: 04

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£475 M OF ECONOMIC

IMPACT PER YEAR

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EMPOWERING THE TECHNOLOGY

ENABLING BUSINESS

ACCESS TO R&D

LACK OF SCALE-UP SUPPORT

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS UAVS AND CAVS (CONNECTED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES)

We will support 1,000 businesses (200 per year) through access to our expertise and facilities. This includes developing 50 scale-up companies Facilitate over £200m of equity funding for satellite applications companies we will support

We will establish the Westcott Innovation Centre to support satellite enabled, automated “Beyond Visual Line of Site” (BVLOS) drone operations

ACCESS TO SPACE BUILDING, LAUNCHING AND OPERATING A SATELLITE STILL CARRIES SIGNIFICANT RISK AND TAKES TIME, DELAYING THE UPTAKE OF THE NEW SERVICES THEY ENABLE We will deliver five service demonstration missions through our In-orbit Demonstration Programme.

These missions will be precursors of new sources of data currently inaccessible, empowering our data economy and delivering more than £50m p.a. of new revenue to the UK

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CHALLENGES DELIVERING GLOBALLY We will deliver 5 export projects (>£10M each), with partners, showcasing UK satellite capability in target countries.

ACCESS TO R&D We will gaps in our regional footprint, augmenting our existing centres to establish a presence in Northern Ireland, Wales, the South East and North West

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PER YEAR PER PERYEAR YEAR

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THE CURRENT MARKET There are two universal trends which drive the global opportunity for the satellite applications sector:

UBIQUITOUS CONNECTIVITY Super-fast, always on connectivity for the digital age By 2025, 27.2% of all automotive use cases will use satellite connectivity.

GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE An ever growing demand for information that is accurate, personalised, localised and available globally in real-time The global geospatial analytics market is currently worth $37.2bn and forecast to grow 17% annually from 2016 to 2024

EARTH OBSERVATION MONITORING

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COMMUNICATIONS CONNECTING

NAVIGATION LOCATING

OUR STRATEGIC VISION I ENERGISE I EMPOWER I ENABLE Our strategy is to accelerate the growth of the UK Satellite Applications sector, by focusing on three themes across targeted markets:

ENERGISING THE MARKET

EMPOWERING TECHNOLOGY

ENABLING BUSINESS

Through our market programmes we unlock latent customer demand, open new markets, and drive exports by raising awareness, changing preconceptions and showcasing the power of space derived services.

Through our technology programme we help companies advance their products to be closer to market programme opportunities by identifying the barriers to entry such as regulation, incumbents, or simple accessibility.

We connect business of all sizes with the resources and facilities they need to launch and grow, opening new routes to market and attracting inward investment. We provide targeted business support and user-centred design expertise alongside signposting to finance.

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OUR STRATEGIC VISION

ENERGISE

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT

SUSTAINABLE LIVING

Intelligent Transport is key for the future of connectivity through connected vehicles and is high value for positioning and location based services.

Sustainable living poses challenges at scale and provides strong use cases for both geospatial innovation and connectivity in areas not often addressed by existing industry, but which will drive significant economic value by 2030.

Applications include environmental monitoring platforms, agriculture, mining and supporting sustainable development goals.

BLUE ECONOMY

GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Blue economy is an excellent first adopter market for space as there are usually few alternatives to satellite solutions in an area that covers 2/3 of the globe.

Government services has key early use cases for both ubiquitous connectivity and geospatial systems.

Applications include ocean surveillance (illegal fishing, plastics, piracy), coastal monitoring and smart ports.

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Applications include major public sector innovation programmes, connected vehicles, smart antennae, freight and logistics.

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Applications include remote healthcare and local government services.

OUR STRATEGIC VISION

EMPOWER Our technology programme aligns to the key opportunities and barriers defined for our sector, covering:

MOBILE CONNECTIVITY & POSITIONING SYSTEMS

ADVANCED SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS

to drive new services for ubiquitous connectivity by:

to enable the next generation of satellite services that will support future needs for connectivity and geospatial information by:

• Creating a 5G test-bed at

• Enabling access to space

•

Westcott Supporting the development of IoT applications and low cost terminals

through our in-orbit demonstration programme

SMART GEOSPATIAL SYSTEMS

ROBOTICS & AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

to aid the integration of Earth Observation data in driving the next generation of geospatial information solutions by:

to support the integration of satellite data with other data sources to give end users what they need and to enable new opportunities for autonomous systems by:

• Creating a geospatial

innovation environment

• Enabling BVLOS (beyond visual

and AI to EO

• Stimulating in-space automation

• Bringing machine learning

line of sight) UAV operations

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OUR STRATEGIC VISION

ENABLE

We will connect organisations of all sizes with the resources and facilities they need to launch and grow through targeted business support, usercentred design, information, skills and routes to finance.

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REGIONAL CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

Scotland

North East

East Midlands South West

South Coast

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OUR STRATEGIC VISION

LOOKING FORWARD

We will increasingly enable opportunities and exports internationally.

WE HAVE WORKED ON

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INTERNATIONAL

PROJECTS IN

£20.8M

COUNTRIES

10.1M £11.7M We will continue to iterate and update our strategy as the industry matures, pulling through the best of UK capability and adding in the advanced capabilities the Catapult is developing on behalf of the UK. Our people are vital to influencing and driving that change over the next 5 years.

2018

EXPERTISE, FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGIES AND CAPABILITY

£17.6M

2013 -2017

ENERGISING THE MARKET North West Transport Innovation Programme Market focus programmes

EMPOWERING TECHNOLOGY Geospatial Innovation Environment Westcott 5G Step-Out Centre Operations centre upgrade DISC

ENABLING BUSINESS Regional Centres Knowledge Exchange Business Support

2023 Most demanding customers to drive innovation

£8.1M

UK SPACE SECTOR

£475m of economic impact per year Cumulative impact of £1.7bn to the UK

Agile and dynamic supply chain

Unique satellite applications ecosystem

2030

Support 200 businesses per year

£200m equity raised by supported businesses

£40BN 10%

AND

OF

GLOBAL INDUSTRY

CATAPULT

STIMULATING

£5BN

OF THIS GROWTH