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UK and USA join forces to launch ‘space weather’ service

June 4th, 2019 Posted in News
4 June 2019 – The UK will develop a new instrument for use on space weather monitoring spacecraft to observe the solar wind, in order to protect astronauts, satellites and ground infrastructure. The Sun is always emitting magnetised plasma called ...
TechDemoSat-1 sail deployed in May 2019

TechDemoSat-1 on-board camera captures drag sail deployment

May 31st, 2019 Posted in News
31 May 2019 – Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has released an image showing the successful deployment of the de-orbit drag sail on-board TechDemoSat-1. The deployment of the Icarus-1 drag sail, which was supplied by Cranfield University, ma...
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How Space is Helping UK Businesses

May 28th, 2019 Posted in Thought Leadership
Space is enabling growth for the UK economy. This boost is being felt in many areas of our daily lives. From agriculture to transport, many sectors have been transformed, bringing us closer and closer to a space-enabled future. But, many are still...
Graham Peters at MTC Made for Space event

How can the UK Space Sector lead the world?

May 13th, 2019 Posted in Thought Leadership
UKspace Chair, Graham Peters, considers how the UK space industry is well-placed to be a global sector leader, thanks to its experience, creativity, scientific excellent and strategic partnerships. What’s all the fuss about? Why does “Space” matte...
Measat 3d

Airbus to build multimission satellite for MEASAT

May 6th, 2019 Posted in News
6 May 2019 – Airbus has been selected by MEASAT Global Berhad, the leading Malaysian operator, to build MEASAT-3d, a new multimission telecommunications satellite to replace capacity and augment its core business in Malaysia, Asia, Middle East...
Airbus EDRS C satellite

Launch of the second SpaceDataHighway satellite

May 6th, 2019 Posted in News
6 May 2019 – The EDRS-C satellite, the second node of the SpaceDataHighway network (also known as EDRS), will be launched into geostationary orbit at 31° East on 24 July 2019 by an Ariane 5 launcher.