Space Organisations & Partners

Satellite Finance Network

UKspace works collaboratively with the Satellite Finance Network (SFN) to provide its members with advice and support on regulatory issues, exporting and mechanisms to finance growth and further investment within the satellite and space industry.

As well as working with UKspace, the SFN is also actively engaged with the Satellite Applications Catapult to actively support entrepreneurs, start-ups and growing companies from their initial ideas through to stock market listings. The SFN will help members to make introductions to business angels, venture capital, private equity, banks, industry, academia, Government and professional services, including insurance, legal, technical and regulatory assistance.

The SFN was launched on 16 July 2013 at the UK Space conference in Glasgow. It is a network of individuals and organisations from the finance, legal, insurance, Government (including OFCOM, the UK Space Agency and UK Export Finance) and space communities. It includes a range of participants, from start-ups and small companies to industry leaders bound with a common interest in delivering satellite and satellite-enabled projects in the UK and beyond.

The SFN emerged from the highly successful Space Innovation & Growth Strategy (IGS), which was published in 2010, and which has influenced and informed Government policy towards the space sector ever since.

Since the publication of the IGS, the SFN has grown rapidly and worked to maintain the momentum to deliver on the key issue of IGS recommendations. The IGS is now undergoing a refresh (IGS2) to ensure the growth of the UK space industry is maintained over the next 5-10 years, with the SFN supporting this activity.

Visit the SFN website

UK Space Agency

The UK Space Agency is at the heart of UK efforts to explore and benefit from space, with responsibility for all strategic decisions on the UK civil space programme and for providing a clear, single voice for UK space ambitions.  It also provides funding for a range of programmes such as the National Space Technology Programme, and works closely with national and international academic, education and community partners.

The Agency aims to capture 10% of the global market for space by 2030.

For more information, please visit the UK Space Agency website.​

All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Space

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Space is made up of cross-party Members of the House of Commons and Lords who are interested in Space. The APPG for Space is designed to raise awareness in Parliament of the importance and opportunities of space-based capabilities to the UK economy, policy making, society and the space community.

​Chaired by Mark Garnier MP, the APPG for Space also highlights and promotes the benefits from the UK’s investment in space and its leading role within the global space economy. The group has several Vice Chairs as members who are championing the UKspace sector in Parliament.

UKspace provides the secretariat support for the APPG for Space and this partnership will enable industry and Parliamentarians to work together to support the space agenda.

We are working with the APPG for Space to deliver a relevant, interesting and influential programme of activity to encourage and educate political stakeholders on space industry growth, issues, requirements and the space future.