Queens University Belfast to build next-gen weather satellite instrumentation Queens University Belfast Universities - Electronics Research
July 29, 2013
Queen’s University Belfast has been appointed part of a UK group who will build one of the key instruments on Europe’s next-generation of weather satellites.
The announcement that the UK has secured the key MetOp Weather satellite contract was made by the UK’s Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts at the UK Space Conference in Glasgow.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has appointed satellite services provider Astrium UK to make a follow-on technology to the Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS), which feeds data into multi-day forecasts, reports the university. Depending on how many units are purchased, the contract could be worth up to £150m (170m euros). The new instrument, to be known as the MicroWave Sounder (MWS), will have significantly improved performance.
MWS production will be led from Astrium’s Portsmouth facility, but key contributions will also come from Queen’s University Belfast, SEA Ltd, JCR Systems Ltd, and the Rutherford Appleton Lab in Oxfordshire, said the university.
“I am very pleased that Queen’s has been selected by ESA to develop and breadboard the microwave FSS devices which are the critical components that form the core of the radiometer instrumentation,” said Dr Robert Cahill from ECIT at Queen’s.
“This is a result of a decade long partnership between Queen’s and ESA, the UK Space Agency, Astrium and RAL Space to exploit the patented PhD research work of Raymond Dickie who is a key member of the project team.”
A statement from Astrium said: “Queen’s University has made a significant and recognised contribution to the growth of the UK space industry by developing their new technologies. Queen’s research contributed directly to the UK space industry securing a multi-million pound contract for advanced instrument development.”
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