Disruptive Innovation for Space Centre (DISC)
May 12, 2025
Launched in 2019, Satellite Applications Catapult’s Disruptive Innovation Space Capability (DISC) can be found at the world-leading Harwell Campus site. DISC provides the UK Space and Engineering industries with equipment and expertise to accelerate the development of innovative new products and services. This includes access to end-to-end design, modelling, test and production equipment in a collaborative engineering environment, to help companies develop new solutions for large-scale market opportunities.
The facilities are open to industry and academia and provide equipment that is frequently out-of-reach to small or medium sized companies to accelerate their innovation and growth.
Teams are able to take an R&D project from proof of concept through to a full-sized, prototype, manufactured at quality levels and scales sufficient to undertake end-customer validation.
DISC provides a number of space mission and engineering support facilities including:
- A Modelling & Design Laboratory
- A High Frequency Digital & RF Test Laboratory
- Mission Support & Operations
- A Prototype & Low Volume Production Facility
OxLEP secured £3 million-worth of investment for the project via the Government’s Local Growth Fund, with a further £2.8 million leveraged.
Take a look at this short film to see the impact the project has already had: