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UK’s leading space sector to benefit from new government support

February 25th, 2021 Posted in COVID-19 News, News

Economic measures have been outlined to support the UK’s innovative space sector. New Space Sector Export Academy to upskill space-sector businesses Continued support for Leicester Space Park to become a High Potential Opportunity (HPO) for ...

Space Sector Skills Survey 2020 published

February 25th, 2021 Posted in News

Today’s publication of the Space Sector Skills Survey 2020 highlights the need for continued investment to produce enough people with the required skills to keep pace with the UK space industry’s growing demand, and ensuring those loo...

Inmarsat announces appointment of Rajeev Suri as CEO

February 24th, 2021 Posted in News

Rajeev Suri, former Nokia CEO, to succeed Rupert Pearce with effect from 1 March 2021 Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, announces that Rajeev Suri, former Nokia CEO, will join the business and assume the role o...

UKspace and SIAA welcome new opportunities for collaboration following UK-Australia Space Bridge agreement

February 23rd, 2021 Posted in News

UKspace and the Space Industry Association of Australia (SIAA) have welcomed today’s signing of the UK-Australia ‘Space Bridge’ Framework Agreement which could provide significant new opportunities for space companies in both countries. The new pa...

‘Space Bridge’ across the world will help UK and Australia get ahead in global space race

February 23rd, 2021 Posted in News

Today UK Science Minister Amanda Solloway joined Australia’s Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews to sign a new ‘Space Bridge’ partnership to increase knowledge exchange and investment across the two countries’ space sectors...

Teledyne commends NASA on successful landing of Mars Rover Perseverance

February 19th, 2021 Posted in Article

Teledyne’s innovative and robust technology will help to advance human knowledge of past microbial life on the planet Teledyne Technologies is proud to contribute several of its advanced high performance image sensors to form part of the complex i...

The Sky is not the limit: could you be the UK’s next Astronaut?

February 16th, 2021 Posted in News

Are you calm under pressure, fit and healthy, and looking to reach new career heights? For the first time since 2008, The European Space Agency is on the lookout for new astronauts to join its cohort of space explorers – and UK citizens of up to t...

Why Virgin Orbit & SpaceX’s successful satellite launches take us one step closer to saving capitalism and humankind

February 15th, 2021 Posted in Thought Leadership

UKspace President, Will Whitehorn, explains why he is so optimistic about the growing range of satellite launch facilities and satellite technologies in providing major benefits that address healthcare, food poverty, economic development, populati...

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