UKspace

New high-skilled jobs would be the equivalent of four Google UK headquarters The Government is being urged to invest more in the space sector to fight climate change as new research shows that the industry could generate thousands of high-level ne...

19 December 2019 – Today’s Queen’s Speech provides continued momentum on the space agenda and the Government’s commitment to it, building upon the UK’s recently-announced strong investment in ESA. The Government’s plans include: “Establishing a ne...

27 November 2019 – UKspace has welcomed today’s announcement by the UK Government that it will increase its funding commitment to the European Space Agency (ESA) by more than 15% from its current contribution to £374 million per year. The timing o...

24 September 2019 – Space industry pioneer and entrepreneur, Will Whitehorn, today takes over from Andy Green as President of UKspace, the trade association which represents the UK space industry. Will, who was formerly President of Virgin Galacti...

2 July 2019 – UKspace is delighted to announce that Nick Shave has been appointed as the organisation’s new Vice Chair. Nick, who is also VP, Strategy & Programmes at Inmarsat, takes up his new UKspace role on 3 July 2019. UKspace Chair, Graha...