Space DOTS is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Matthew Angling as Scientific Advisor, marking a significant milestone in the company's mission to deliver comprehensive, unified, and actionable space environment data to the global space industry.

A Distinguished Career in Space Environment Research

Professor Angling brings extensive expertise spanning academia, industry leadership, and operational space systems. Currently serving as Professor of Space Control (Policy and Operations) at the University of Birmingham, his career encompasses senior technical and strategic roles across the space sector.

Previously, Professor Angling served as CTO at In-Space Missions Ltd, a BAE Systems company, where he led technical strategy for innovative space mission solutions. His tenure as Director of Space Weather at Spire Global demonstrated his ability to translate cutting-edge research into operational capabilities. He has also held the position of RAEng and Dstl Professor in Space Environment and Radio Engineering at the University of Birmingham, and served as a QinetiQ Fellow leading pioneering space weather research.

A Fellow of the Institute of Physics and visiting Professor at the Surrey Space Centre (University of Surrey), Professor Angling is recognised internationally for his work in communications, navigation, radar, and space-enabled solutions.

Addressing Critical Industry Challenges

Professor Angling's appointment comes at a crucial time for the space industry. With 1 in 5 spacecraft experiencing mission delays or failures due to poorly understood orbital environments, and spacecraft routinely overdesigned by 20-30% to compensate for environmental uncertainties, the need for comprehensive space environment intelligence has never been greater.

"I am thrilled to be helping Space DOTS, whose mission to deliver innovative space weather data is vital for the future of satellite operations," said Professor Angling. "Understanding and mitigating the impacts of the space environment on systems is something I have been passionate about throughout my career. I look forward to working with the team to strengthen the resilience and reliability of space systems worldwide."

Supporting the SKY-I Vision

SpaceDOTS is developing SKY-I™, the first AI-powered platform to centralise fragmented space environment data into a single source of actionable intelligence. The platform combines data from Space DOTS proprietary DataDOT™ sensing payloads—already operational in orbit—with historical and third-party datasets, delivering real-time environmental context across all orbital regimes from VLEO to GEO, cislunar space, and beyond.

Professor Angling's guidance will prove essential as Space DOTS advances its suite of products, including SkyLens for real-time 2D and 3D visualisation of space environments, SkyBlueprint for AI-powered mission planning and risk mitigation a SkyWard™ for advanced threat attribution.

About Space DOTS

Space DOTS is enabling the space economy through comprehensive, unified, and actionable space environment data. The company's SKY-I™ platform transforms aggregated and raw in-orbit data into real-time, mission-critical environmental intelligence, empowering commercial and defence customers to reduce design and operational risk, cut redundancy and labour-driven costs, and engineer spacecraft with greater confidence, efficiency, and safety.