UK Space Agency

16 July 2018 – Lockheed Martin and Orbex are investing in space launch operations and bringing innovative new technology to Britain, Business Secretary Greg Clark announced today (Monday 16 July) during the Farnborough International Airshow.

15 July 2018 – A proposed vertical launch spaceport in Sutherland has been awarded £2.5 million in funding by the UK Space Agency to develop a ground breaking launch site. The UK Space Agency is a UK Government body.

16 July 2018 – The UK is set to build on its world leading expertise in aerospace with the development of vertical and horizontal spaceports. Business Secretary Greg Clark will today launch the start of a Great British Space Age that will see...

11 July 2018 – Professor David Southwood has been reappointed as Chair of the UK Space Agency Steering Board. He holds the post of Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College London where his research interests include solar terrestrial ...

6 July 2018 – UK industry will design a future Mars rover, Science Minister Sam Gyimah announced today after a visit to the Harwell space cluster with Tim Peake.

22 June 2018 – UK-built satellite testing possible solutions to clean up space junk deployed from the International Space Station, and is soon to begin experiments in orbit.

8 June 2018 – Scientists in Scotland will work on the world’s first ever Gravitational Wave Space Observatory, which will study ripples in space and time, thanks to an initial £1.7 million of funding from the UK Space Agency.

2 May 2018 – The UK Government has confirmed today it is developing options for a British Global Navigation Satellite System. Led by the UK Space Agency, a taskforce of Government specialists and industry will work quickly to develop options ...