Space Domain

Research groups and departments include:
- Department of Anthropology
- Extrasolar Planets
- Space Geodesy and Navigation Laboratory
- Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose, (IIPP),
- Institute for Materials Discovery
- Centre for Planetary Sciences
- Bartlett Real Estate Institute (BREI)
- Institute of Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR)
- Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy
- Centre for Space Medicine
- Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL, aka Space and Climate Physics)
- Centre for Systems Engineering
Space Domain Events:
- 7 February 2019. UCL-France Conference Debat Public Lectures
18:00 – 19:00, G03, Bedford Way 26, London WC1H 0AP
Title: Climate change, ground truth - from space
Dr Anny Cazenave, formerly at CNES, member IPCC and lead writer, member French academy of sciences, foreign member of US National academy of sciences and Indian academy of sciences. She will be speaking on “Ocean warming, sea level rise monitored from space”.
Prof Andrew Shepherd (Leeds), Director of the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling-CPOM (NERC). He will be speaking on “Earth’s ice loss from space: 30 trillion tons and counting”.
- 6 March 2019, Satellite Applications Interest Group Sandpit
10:00 – 18:00. Bartlett Real Estate Institute, Here East, London, E15 2GW
This SAIG one-day Sandpit will help UCL staff to develop Proof-of-Concept project proposals, ideas for demonstrators and potential industry or sector secondments. The event will be held in conjunction with UCL Innovation & Enterprise and the Satellite Applications Catapult. Potential external partners (industry and others) will also be present. Institutionally, supported by the EPSRC, UCL and the Catapult have agreed to set aside £200k funding to support a range of modest Satellite Applications projects. Successful proposals developed at the Sandpit will be encouraged and assisted to access this funding.
Contact alan.smith@ucl.ac.uk
- 13 – 17 May 2019. UCL 2019 Space Week – Space the Enabler
UCL (venues to be announced)
Monday 13 May 09:30 – 13:00 Enabling Science, Commerce, Transport
Monday 13 May 14:00 – 17:30 Enabling Weather forecasting, Environmental monitoring, Security, International Relations
Tuesday 14 May 09:00 – 13:00 Case studies: Shipping; Global Communications
Tuesday 14 May 14:00 – 17:30 Special Applications Interest Group
14:00 – 17:30 Institute of Space Policy and Law SeminarWednesday 15 May 09:00 – 17:45 Space Policy Workshop*
Thursday 16 May 09:00 – 13:00 Robotic Exploration of the Solar System
Thursday 16 May 14:00 – 17:30 Lunar Exploration, Living off-world
Friday 17th May 09:00 – 13:00 Machine to Machine; Telecommunications; Leisure; Space Week Wrap-up
Registration details to follow on 5 March 2019
*See below for further details. Space Policy Workshop is by invitation only for staff, by registration (to follow) for students
- 15 May 2019 – UCL Space Policy Workshop – Enabling Space
Venue: UCL, London. Room to be announced
09:00 – 18:00
The theme of this years Space Policy Workshop is ‘Enabling Space’ – providing a counterpoint to the Space Weeks theme of ‘Space the Enabler’. The workshop will explore how space activities can be better enabled (enhanced, facilitated, re-risked etc.). The presenters will be a mix between external (mainly) and internal speakers. The outcomes will be reported in a Rapporteur’s report following the event.
Topics covered: Past and Current enablers of space; political support; public engagement; policy; law; capability, capacity and technology; Security and Safety
Attendance is by invitation only except for students who can register. There will be limited places and the registration details will be provided on 5 May at the 2nd Announcement.
Contact us:
For more information about the Space Domain or to get involved contact alan.smith@ucl.ac.uk
