Welcome to the Space Technology Centre
World leading research on spacecraft technology has been going on in the School of Computing at the University of Dundee for over a decade. This has led to the SpaceWire standard which is being used in many spacecraft by space organisations across the world, and the PANGU planet and asteroid simulation tool which is being used by ESA to help design navigation systems for future planetary landers. Environmental data from satellites has been received at Dundee since 1978 resulting in an extremely valuable archive of data for environmental change monitoring and other applications. The Space Technology Centre was formally opened by Lord Sainsbury in 2005 and the Satellite Receiving Station joined with the Remote Sensing Group at Plymouth Marine Laboratory to form the NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service in 2007.
This website aims to show the breadth and depth of work being done here in the Space Technology Centre at the University of Dundee.
Recent News
More news on the News Page.
Scottish Astronomical Meeting hosted by University of Dundee
For the first time, The University of Dundee will host the Robert Cormack Bequest Meeting on Scottish Astronomy. This annual one-day conference aims to bring together Astronomers, Space Scientists and those with an interest in astronomy from across Scotland to present work and to view a broad selection of current happenings in Scottish astronomy. The meeting focuses primarily on research but also includes teaching and outreach work.
PANGU Enhancement Project Kicks off
The PANGU enhancement project funded by ESA kicked off today. The 15 month project will extend the Lunar and Martian surface generation and rendering facilities of PANGU, improve the illumination, dust and sky rendering facilities, and prototype surface rover vehicle support facilities.