With it being the summer, branches are quiet, so we’ve decided to replace our usual spotlight feature with a spotlight on the committee that run UKSEDS – Exec member James Telfer tells us a little more about how UKSEDS works, and how you can get involved. It’s only July, but it’s already Read more…
A new committee was elected during the AGM at the National Student Space Conference 2016 in Sheffield. Before the conference, the outgoing committee voted in a change to the UKSEDS Rules & Regulations which reduces the elected committee from 12 roles to 6 roles. All members of the committee are Read more…
We are pleased to announce a one day site tour of the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT), ESA’s UK site, and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories (RAL Space) located in Harwell, Oxfordshire. This opportunity allows you to tour this core centre for the UK space industry and gain an inside Read more…
We are pleased to open applications for next year’s Executive Committee, and for our new staff teams. Joining UKSEDS is the best way to get involved in the space sector as a student. You’ll gain all sorts of skills and experience, and have the chance to work with lots of Read more…
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As part of the Reinventing Space Conference 2015, UKSEDS and the Space Generation Advisory Council have organised Reinventing Space Careers, aimed at students, graduates, and young professionals who want to succeed within the space sector. The event will be held on Tuesday, 10th November 2015 at The Randolph Hotel in Read more…
We’re looking for student with a keen interest in robotics to lead organisation of a new space robotics event. Our plan is to encourage innovation and give students the opportunity to learn and practise new skills. You’ll need to have some experience in robotics and some awareness of the relevant companies Read more…
UKSEDS committee members Joseph and Daniel were lucky enough to be able to interview Jean-Jacques Dordain, the ESA Director General, after a talk he gave at the Royal Aeronautical Society in May. As we got set up, Joseph with the questions on his phone and Daniel with a printed copy, Read more…
On the 7th June 2015 EARS travelled to Cambridgeshire to launch a high altitude balloon (HAB). On this occasion our HAB was carrying a payload for a company called Databarracks and for the Surrey Space Center. Databarracks had requested that we fly a Microsoft Server 2003 DVD case to help Read more…
This Saturday, the finalists of the IAF student competition will be presenting their work at the BIS Headquarters in London (27-29 South Lambeth Road, SW8 1SZ). The event features three undergraduate and four postgraduate presentations, with fascinating topics ranging from real-time inter-satellite communications design through to understanding potentially hazardous asteroids to Read more…