Innovative satellite-enabled technology that delivers photos of amateur sporting events to competitors in seconds has been showcased at a 5k run held at Harwell campus in the UK.
Backed by ESA, British firm AWOL began developing the service in 2020 and it is now used at triathlons, marathons and swimming events across the country.
ESA’s support was delivered from its European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT), which is based at Harwell.
Recreational runners from ECSAT and other Harwell-based organisations took part in the dash across campus, which was organised to celebrate the success of the collaboration between AWOL and the agency.
Participants in amateur sports races normally expect to wait days to get their pictures from event organisers, but people who completed the 5k run were able to access images in an instant, thanks to AWOL’s space-enabled technology.