Sprint - Space Research and Innovation Network for Technology

sprint is a £4.8 million programme from five of the uk’s leading space universities to support smes in commercially exploiting technologies, data and know-how developed for space. the university partners in the sprint programme (edinburgh, leicester, open university, southampton and surrey) together have unparalleled space expertise, especially in space missions (building and operating satellites; acquiring, analysing and interpreting data). with over 150 areas of specialist expertise (applications, facilities, knowledge, technology, training), the programme provides innovation vouchers to help smes exploit space technologies in a wide range of commercial activities, including: – space products / technologies to the space sector – space technologies deployed in non-space markets and applications – cots and non-space technologies deployed in space markets the sprint programme is supported by a wide range of external partners, including prime contractors, constellation operators, finan