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Funding awarded to schemes to support space entrepreneurs

March 10th, 2017 Posted in Uncategorised
The UK Space Agency has awarded just under £150,000 to three business incubation centres across the UK which will support entrepreneurs and small companies in the space industry. The Agency is working with UK industry to deliver world-class scienc...
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SpaceDataHighway to reach Asia-Pacific

March 8th, 2017 Posted in Uncategorised
8 March 2017 – Airbus Defence and Space will expand the EDRS-SpaceDataHighway with a third node, EDRS-D, to be positioned over the Asia-Pacific region by 2020. This third node will be the next step towards global optical fibre in the sky and ...
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UK Space Agency announces new Chief Executive

March 1st, 2017 Posted in Uncategorised
1 March 2017 – The UK Space Agency has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive, Graham Turnock. Graham has been Chief Executive of the Better Regulation Executive, a unit within the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial St...
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Government announces boost for UK commercial space sector

February 9th, 2017 Posted in Uncategorised
9 February 2017 – Grants worth £10 million are being made available to help develop commercial launch capability for spaceflight, Science Minister Jo Johnson announced today. The funding comes as the government announced the timeline for new ...
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Nominations open for Centenary Sir Arthur Clarke Awards

February 5th, 2017 Posted in Uncategorised
3 February 2017 – The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation is pleased to announce that Mrs Angie Edwards, Sir Arthur’s niece, will again Chair the panel of judges for the 2017 Sir Arthur Clarke Awards and that the period for nominations has been exten...