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Scotland’s space sector key to UK ambitions
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The UK Space Agency is supporting Scotland’s largest commercial space conference, which opened today (Wednesday 11 September) in Glasgow.
Science Secretary Peter Kyle welcomed the launch of the Sentinel-2C satellite, which lifted off successfully this morning (Thursday 5 September) at 2:50am BST from Kourou in French Guiana.
John McFall, a member of the ESA astronaut reserve, took part in the Paralympics opening ceremony in Paris yesterday evening.
Ten projects have been awarded £2.5 million as part of the UK Space Agency’s Unlocking Space for Business programme.
This report was issued in August 2024 and covers the time period 1 July 2024 to 31 July 2024 inclusive.
UK finalists awarded funding through the joint UK-Canada £1.2 million Aqualunar Challenge to develop new lunar water purifying technologies.
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