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Amanda Martin MP with Airbus and Solent Growth Partnership

Airbus and Solent Growth Partnership announce ground-breaking collaboration

March 4th, 2026 Posted in News

Airbus Defence and Space and the Solent Growth Partnership have announced an innovative new collaboration to create the UK’s first ever space and defence apprenticeship matching programme. The new pilot initiative is designed to ensure talented yo...

New satellite to monitor sea-level rise from space

November 14th, 2025 Posted in News

Preparations are underway in California for the launch of the Sentinel-6B satellite, which will monitor global sea levels from space, with a UK propulsion system on board. This is the latest satellite in the Copernicus programme; the European Comm...

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Wrap-up: UKspace at the 2025 Labour Party Conference

October 6th, 2025 Posted in News

Last week in Liverpool, UKspace, alongside Satellite Applications Catapult, hosted a series of high-impact fringe events at the Labour Party Conference, bringing together parliamentarians, industry leaders and innovators to put space firmly on the...

Airbus to land Europe’s first rover on Mars

March 29th, 2025 Posted in News

Airbus is set to land the first European rover on the red planet, as it wins £150 million to complete the touchdown system delivering the rover safely to Mars. The new contract, awarded by the European Space Agency and funded by the government thr...

£47 million investment to supercharge space infrastructure across the UK

November 22nd, 2023 Posted in News

Space research, manufacturing and testing facilities across the UK will get a boost thanks to a new fund from the UK Space Agency. The Space Clusters Infrastructure Fund (SCIF) has awarded more than £47 million for 12 projects which will be double...

Payloads on-board the Start Me Up mission

UK launch capability is “strategically significant” says UKspace President

January 9th, 2023 Posted in News

Tonight’s scheduled launch of the ‘Start Me Up’ mission from Spaceport Cornwall is set to be a historic moment for the UK and its space industry, with it being the first orbital launch from UK soil. It signals a major milestone for the UK space se...

ITN Business and UKspace produce news-style programme exploring the growth and capabilities of the UK space sector

October 5th, 2022 Posted in Article

Launching 6 October 2022 during World Space Week, hosted on newscientist.com, UKspace.org and the ITN Industry News hub. Space has a huge impact on our everyday lives from satellite communication, weather prediction and GPS systems, to providing i...

Schedule Announced for H-IIA Launch Vehicle to Deliver Inmarsat’s First I-6 Satellite to Geosynchronous Orbit

November 4th, 2021 Posted in News

Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) announce that the launch of Inmarsat’s first satellite in the Inmarsat-6 fleet (I-6 F1) by MHI’s H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 45 (HIIA F...

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