UKspace

29 March 2017 – Richard Peckham has assumed the role of Chair UKspace following the recent departure of Patrick Wood from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL).

3 February 2017 – The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation is pleased to announce that Mrs Angie Edwards, Sir Arthur’s niece, will again Chair the panel of judges for the 2017 Sir Arthur Clarke Awards and that the period for nominations has been exten...

3 February – UKspace has welcomed the Government’s focus on space industry’s value as part of Article 50 negotiations, as published in the White Paper on the strategy for the Article 50 negotiation. Referring to the UK as a “A gl...

23 January 2017 – Patrick Wood, the CEO of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), has today become Chair of UKspace, the trade association of the UK space industry. He takes over from Steve Smart who has led UKspace for the past two years.

5 December 2016 – The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a tender process through which it is looking for suppliers to apply Earth Observation to assess UK land use change.

24 November 2016 – The Science and Technology Committee has received a response from the Government to the ‘Satellites and space’ Report produced by the Committee on 15 June 2016.

21 November 2016 – Seraphim Capital today launched the world’s largest ever, early-stage, space-sector, venture fund. The fund – focussed on early stage space-related technology businesses – is targeting an £80m final close during the next t...

17 November 2016 – A European funding programme is to invest more than €400 millon across 14 initiatives launched this month. Business support is available for projects in a range of fields including cloud computing, Internet of Things, space...