The Space Growth Partnership (SGP) is an industry-led initiative working to propose and deliver a space sector deal comprising a co-ordinated strategy to deliver accelerated growth through innovation for the UK space sector.
The SGP, UK Space Agency, industry and the government are currently working in tandem towards the creation of a Space Sector Deal to help progress the UKs already thriving space sector.
The sector deal is responding to the need to build on and accelerate current sector growth to meet the ambitious 2030 targets.
As part of the Governments modern industrial strategy, they announced at the Farnborough Airshow that Sutherland in Scotland will be home to the first vertical launch site in mainland Europe by 2020.
The Space Innovation and Growth Strategy (IGS)
The Space Innovation and Growth Strategy (IGS) brings together a partnership of industry, UK Space Agency, Satellite Applications Catapult, Innovate UK, Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and academia. This team is working together to identify opportunities and remove barriers to growth for the UK space sector.
The IGS team first came together in 2009 and set an ambitious target to increase the UK share of the global space economy form 6% to 10% by 2030. This long-term vision requires close Government and industry cooperation by all IGS stakeholders to ensure that we continue to create the conditions for growth in order to achieve this ambitious target.
Download copies of publications relating directly to the Space IGS:
Space Growth Action Plan – Government Response to the UK Space Innovation and Growth Strategy
April 2014
