Organisers

Organisers

This years Satellite Design Competition had 3 organisations and companies (listed below) assist in the development and management over the course of the year.

UKSEDS

Formed in 1988 and now with over 450 members and 27 affiliated societies located up and down the country, the UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (UKSEDS) is a charity run by student volunteers, for students. We support students and enthusiasts across the country by running space projects, hosting conferences and workshops, and doing outreach to inspire and educate the next generation of space enthusiasts. We run and support multiple events throughout each year, including events, workshops, competitions and conferences. Our most popular being the National Student Space Conference (NSSC), which is held annually every March. 

SSPI

Founded in 1983, Space & Satellite Professionals International (www.sspi.org) is on a mission to make the space and satellite industry one of the world’s best at attracting and engaging the talent that powers innovation. With more than 3,700 members in 40 nations, it is the largest space and satellite industry association in the world. It delivers on its mission through programs that promote space and satellite as the invisible but indispensable infrastructure of the modern world, and that help turn individual promise into careers filled with purpose through research, career education for young people, management education for working professionals and talent recognition that spans the industry. SSPI maintains local chapters in the US, UK, Luxembourg, Brazil, Nigeria and 
Japan.

Open Cosmos

Open Cosmos (OC) provides simple and affordable space missions to help companies solve the world's biggest challenges (open-cosmos.com). We enable companies across a wide range of industries to use space applications and technologies as a tool by removing three main space access barriers: time-consuming paperwork, expensive technology, and overall costs. Founded in July 2015 by Rafael Jordà Siquier, Open Cosmos employs 50+ people of more than 10 nationalities and is based on the Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire. 

By rethinking the way a satellite is being developed, procured, manufactured and operated, we allow our customers to benefit from significant cost and time reduction while ensuring reliability across all mission elements. This is driven by our Mass-Customisation Methodology which covers all aspects of a nanosatellite space mission from spacecraft design to testing, from procurement to launch, and from mission definition to operations and orbital data delivery. 

We provide services and enabling tools for rapid payload development, allowing businesses, research institutions and organizations from across industries to develop their technologies.

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