Guidance

National project and grant recipients 23/24

Updated 19 March 2026

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1. Major Projects

  • Space Nuclear Power Micro-Reactor Technology Development and Demonstration (Rolls Royce)
  • DIF Lite project - Digital IF for Satellite mobile ground terminals and antennas (ETL Systems)
  • Proximus Prime: A commercial and UK-built Autonomous vision-based Rendezvous Proximity Operations (RPO) demonstration mission in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) using Small Satellites (Lunasa Ltd)
  • Electric Propulsion Innovations for Space and Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (Wayland Additive)
  • An in-orbit demonstration of an unfolding TIR space telescope for climate change mitigation (Super Sharp Space Systems Ltd)
  • Operational Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder-Satellite (OHMS-Sat) (Spire Global Inc)
  • SHARP – Sustainable Hybrid: Accelerated Rocket Programme (HyImpulse UK Ltd)
  • Servicing Propellant Interface Technology For In-orbit Refuelling Effectiveness (SPITFIRE) (Orbit Fab Ltd)

2. Kick Starter

  • Multifunctional lightweight superstrates for high performance space PV (Loughborough University)
  • ABEP Intake End-To-End Simulation & Design (Stellar Advanced Concepts)
  • Biocomputer System for Space Biomanufacturing (BiologIC Technologies Limited)
  • Transmitter for D-band MIMO enabled by traveling wave tubes for ultra-throughput satellites (Lancaster University)
  • FIBre STeered SpAce Reflective mirrors (FIBSTAR) (iCOMAT Ltd)
  • Sewage Outfall Assessment by Remote Sensing (SOARS) (HR Wallingford)
  • Capture of Large Spacecraft (“CLASP”) (ClearSpace Today Ltd)
  • TARS-IOD: Flight-ready model for In-Orbit Demonstration of Tomorrow’s Astro-Robotic System (Lodestar Space Ltd)
  • Solar Coronagraph for OPErations (SCOPE): Development and testing towards an environmentally-qualified model (UKRI)
  • Direct Detection Receivers for Millimetre Wave Radiometry (RAL Space)
  • Rapid information extraction for environmental remote sensing on board spacecraft through application of light Machine Learning (ML) models in payload computing systems (REALM): TRL raising through drone deployment (University of Leicester)
  • DIGGER – Drilling and Integrated GigaHertz-Generated Energy Resource for Lunar and Asteroid applications (RAL Space)
  • SuperMagdrive (Magdrive Ltd)
  • Advanced Microscopy and Thermal Control Upgrades to the SpaceLab Microgravity Research System (Frontier Space Ltd)
  • Development of an ultra-high efficiency, low-cost flexible solar blanket and compact, modular roll-out mechanism for in-orbit deployment (Lightricity Ltd)
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