UK Space Agency

1 December 2017 – The first images from a satellite built in Stevenage that can map air quality across the globe have been released today. Launched into orbit on 13 October, the Sentinel-5 Precursor monitors the atmosphere to help us understa...

A £50 million programme to enable new satellite launch services and low gravity spaceflights from UK spaceports will boost the economy and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.

21 November 2017 – All H2020 grants are underwritten by the UK up until we formally exit the EU, and so are all proposals submitted before March 2019 which are thereafter successful.

17 November 2017 – The UK Space Agency has announced an extra £90,000 of funding for three of its successful business incubation centres. The money will go to centres in Nottingham, Leicester and Durham, which support entrepreneurs and small ...

30 October 2017 – UK teams will lead an international solar-terrestrial and space weather mission, taking on the development of a major science instrument thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency.

6 October 2017 – The UK Space Agency has awarded more than £3 million to academics and scientists in the UK to support the exploration of life on Mars and examine the polar regions of the Moon.

18 August 2017 – The number of responses for government funding to support UK spaceflight has highlighted a strong interest in the UK commercial market for small satellite launch and sub-orbital flight.

27 June 2017 – The Space Industry Bill had its first reading in the House of Lords today. This is a significant and exciting milestone in the industry's ambitions to enable small-satellite launch and sub-orbital flight in the UK, and marks th...