Guidance and regulation

Learn about legislation and insurance requirements for UK spaceflight.

• From: UK Space Agency
• Updated: 1 June 2022

Information on how we are growing the UK’s satellite launch capability and spaceflight industry.

• From: Civil Aviation Authority and 4 others
• Updated: 16 January 2023

This treaty was presented to Parliament in October 2020.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 8 February 2021

• UK-US Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) for Spaceflight Activities: Understanding the TSA

  Introduction The UK-US Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) is a treaty:…

Find out the third-party liability insurance requirements and operators’ indemnification obligations for licences issued under each Act.

• From: UK Space Agency
• Updated: 1 June 2022

Liabilities and insurance requirements for commercial spaceflight to operate from the UK, as set out under the Space Industry Act 2018.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 27 September 2021

How spaceflight environmental objectives work and how the spaceflight regulator should interpret them when assessing applications.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 25 June 2021

This call for grant proposals is now closed.

• From: UK Space Agency
• Updated: 15 January 2019

This issue includes features on the space emergency service, a mission to remove space debris, and a celebration of the Cassini Huygens mission.

• From: UK Space Agency
• Updated: 16 November 2017

On the 8th February 2018, the UK Space Agency hosted its largest networking opportunity for the space applications community to meet other application developers, investors and funding bodies.

• From: UK Space Agency
• Updated: 15 March 2018

Find information on satellite licence fees for constellation operators (under the Outer Space Act 1986 and Space Industry Act 2018).

• From: UK Space Agency
• Updated: 1 June 2022

How to apply for a licence to conduct a commercial spaceflight activity from the UK.

• From: Civil Aviation Authority and 4 others
• Updated: 29 July 2021

The Space for Smarter Government Programme (SSGP) aims to increase awareness and stimulate uptake of space data and satellite applications in the public sector.

• From: UK Space Agency
• Updated: 26 January 2018

All of the information required to participate in the UK Space Agency's SatelLife Challenge 2018.

• From: UK Space Agency
• Updated: 2 January 2018

The UK Space Agency announces an opportunity to propose ideas for experiments for flight on the International Space Station, to provide further flight opportunities to the growing UK microgravity science community.

• From: UK Space Agency
• Updated: 18 December 2017

At the Farnborough International Airshow 2018 the UK Space Agency will be hosting a conference to celebrate progress on LaunchUK and explore joint interests with businesses from the space and aerospace sectors.

• From: Civil Aviation Authority and 2 others
• Updated: 5 July 2018