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FOAM-C: Airbus now ‘foaming’ on board the International Space Station

March 3rd, 2020 Posted in News

Airbus has sent a new fluid experiment, FOAM-C, to the International Space Station (ISS). FOAM-C, which was developed and manufactured for the European Space Agency (ESA), is scheduled to be activated this month by astronaut Jessica Meir, who has ...

Space set to generate 15,000 high-level new green jobs

March 3rd, 2020 Posted in News

New high-skilled jobs would be the equivalent of four Google UK headquarters The Government is being urged to invest more in the space sector to fight climate change as new research shows that the industry could generate thousands of high-level ne...

Telespazio VEGA UK to lead new service to quality control ESA mission data

March 2nd, 2020 Posted in News

Telespazio UK, a subsidiary of Telespazio (a 67/33% joint venture between Leonardo and Thales), has been awarded a €25M framework service contract by the European Space Agency (ESA). The contract will see the company managing quality control opera...

400 Marsquakes detected by UK sensors in one year

February 24th, 2020 Posted in News

The NASA InSight lander, which is supported by the UK Space Agency, has recorded 400 likely ‘Marsquakes’ in the first year of its mission. The seismic vibrations on Mars were detected by a set of silicon sensors developed in the UK for InSight’s S...

Astroscale selected as Commercial Partner for JAXA’s Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project

February 12th, 2020 Posted in News

12 February 2020 – Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”), the market-leader in developing technology and services to remove space debris and secure long-term orbital sustainability, today announced it has been selected as the commercial partner ...

Solar Orbiter artist's impression (copyright Airbus)

Spacecraft launches to explore the Sun

February 10th, 2020 Posted in News

10 February 2020 – The UK-built Solar Orbiter spacecraft successfully launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida shortly after 4am today. The mission will take the most detailed images ever of the Sun and provide crucial information about how our sta...

OneWeb successfully launches 34 more satellites into orbit

February 7th, 2020 Posted in News

7 February 2020 – OneWeb, the global communications company with a mission to bring connectivity to everyone everywhere, today announced the successful launch of 34 satellites, aboard a Soyuz launch vehicle from the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome, K...

Graham Peters addresses British High Commission in Singapore

February 5th, 2020 Posted in Thought Leadership

The following is a speech made by UKspace Chair, Graham Peters, at the British High Commission in Singapore on 5 February 2020, as part of the UK space sector mission to Singapore. Good evening everyone. I am going so say a few words in response o...

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