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Incorporation of Magellium Ltd into Deimos UK

December 16th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

16 December 2014 – Deimos Space UK Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elecnor Deimos created in 2013, has announced its acquisition of Magellium Ltd. which is now incorporated within Deimos Space UK Ltd.

UK space industry set to rocket with over £200m of new investment for Europe’s space programme

December 12th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

12 December 2014 – The UK Space Agency is making an extra investment of over £200 million in Europe’s space programme.

COM DEV Announces Acquisition

December 12th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

12 December 2014 – COM DEV International Ltd, a global designer and manufacturer of space hardware and subsystems, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire 100 per cent of MESL Microwave Ltd. for £12.8 million in a transaction tha...

Magna Parva wins ESA Low Cost Hybrid Materials Development Contract

December 10th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

10 December 2014 – Leicester-based engineering company Magna Parva Limited has been awarded a contract by ESA to develop novel materials for use in space which will provide improved protection against radiation and micrometeorites.

Send your computer code into space with British ESA astronaut Tim Peake

December 10th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

10 December 2014 – Leading UK space organisations have joined forces with British ESA Astronaut Tim Peake and Raspberry Pi to offer students a chance to devise and code their own apps or experiment to run in space.

SSTL announces first small geostationary satellite platform for Eutelsat

December 8th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

8 December 2014 – An innovative small geostationary satellite platform from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd has been selected for the first “Eutelsat Quantum” class telecommunications spacecraft, due to launch in 2018.

Airbus Defence and Space: 63rd successful launch in a row of Ariane 5

December 6th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

6 December 2014 – Ariane 5 has been successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana, for the 63rd time in a row, once again confirming the reliability of the European launcher developed and built by Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s numb...

UKspace welcomes the Chancellor’s support for the UK space industry

December 3rd, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

3 December 2014 – UKspace, the space trade association, today welcomes the Chancellor’s commitment to invest key space programmes which will maintain UK leadership in key industrial capabilities.

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