Wider Industry News
The following links provide recent media coverage about the UK space industry.
- General Coverage
- Coverage of the Space IGS launch (November 2013)
General Coverage
- Space industry calls on Johnson to act on his words (FT, 26 August 2019)
- House of Commons podcast: When will UK spaceports be ready for lift-off? (1 April 2019)
- UK’s Sabre space plane engine tech in new milestone (BBC, 8 April 2019)
- Here’s What Each Brexit Scenario Could Mean For The UK Space Industry (Forbes, 21 January 2019)
- Satellite mega-constellation production begins (BBC News, 27 June 2017)
- Leaving the Customs Union Must not Leave UK Tech Firms Tied up in Red Tape (techuk.org, 19 April 2017)
- Discovering career opportunities for women in ‘new space’ (Womanthology, 19 April 2017)
- Space Net Ventures fund launched (http://spacenetventures.com, 6 February 2017)
- Here’s What MENA Startups Can Learn From The 1st Brit To Get VC Funding For Space Tech(incarabia.com, January 2017)
- Science and Technology Committee chair: UK space industry must fight to main upward growth curve(SatelliteToday.com, 28 June 2016)
- American Airlines selects ViaSat for Max ‘At Home’ Internet Experience On 737 MAX Fleet (SatNews.com, 6 June 2016)
- Budding scientists taken out of this world by Harwell company’s presentation (1 June 2016)
- With £40bn for the taking, SMEs are venturing into space (The Guardian, 6 April 2016)
- Secrets of my success: Space expert Pat Norris (Evening Standard, 18 February 2016)
- Tim Peake’s mission marks a historic day for the UK space industry as Britain’s first International Space Station astronaut gets set for lift off (City AM, 15 December 2015)
- Man on a new space mission (The Oxford Times, 27 August 2015)
- European Space Agency teams up with venture fund (FT.com, 10 August 2015)
- Origami inspires UK space startup (The Engineer, 10 June 2015)
- UK Space Conference: Strong Appetite to Invest in New UK Space Businesses (Satellite Today, 22 April 2015)
- What Makes a Spaceport Business Take Off? (pages 31-34) (NewSpace Global, August 2014)
- Good News in the Budget for UK-based Satellite Operators (March 2014)
- Lift-off for UK space (RAeS’s AEROSPACE magazine – February 2014)
- 3D satellite video of Sochi sports facilities (Airbus Defence & Space – January 2014)
- Space debris: The legal issues (RAeS website – January 2014)
- From Swindon to the Solar System (The Independent – July 2013)
Coverage of the Space IGS launch (November 2013)
- Video: Andy Green (Co-chair of Space Leadership Council) interview about Space IGS (BBC News)
- Science and Technology Committee: The New Space Race (The House) – part 1 / part 2
- UK ‘needs national space programme’ (BBC News)
- Spaceport by 2018 part of UK space action plan (IET)
- Cape Canaveral… in Wales! British space industry reveals plans for base with aim of putting satellites into orbit within five years (Daily Mail)
- Wales considered as potential location for first UK space launch base (Wales Online)
- 2013 a space policy: Britain gives £2bn sector lift-off (The Independent)
- Wales Considered as Location of Space Launch Port Despite Barely Having International Airport(International Business Times)
- The Long View: UK leadership of the international space race isn’t entirely out-of-this-world (City AM)
- Virgin Galactic isn’t the future of the UK space industry (The Engineer)
- Planning group calls for National Space Policy in Britain (Science News)
- Britain’s £25bn space race (The Telegraph)
- Space sector calls for action to keep Britain ahead in the global race (Space Daily)
- Space sector could give a valuable boost to the nascent economic recovery (Daily Mail)
- Britain’s booming space industry looks to Mars and beyond (The Guardian)
- Science minister says Moray base could become first UK spaceport (The Herald)
- From Scotland to the stars: old RAF base may be home to Britain’s first spaceport (The Times)