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Information on how we are growing the UK’s satellite launch capability and spaceflight industry.
Regulations you must comply with when launching or returning a rocket or space plane.
Regulations you must comply with when operating an orbital space object. For example, a satellite.
Regulations you must comply with when providing range control services.
Regulations you must comply with when operating a spaceport.
Find out the third-party liability insurance requirements and operators’ indemnification obligations for licences issued under each Act.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in October 2020.
How spaceflight environmental objectives work and how the spaceflight regulator should interpret them when assessing applications.
This call for grant proposals is now closed.
This issue includes features on the space emergency service, a mission to remove space debris, and a celebration of the Cassini Huygens mission.
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.
Find information on satellite licence fees for constellation operators (under the Outer Space Act 1986 and Space Industry Act 2018).
The Space for Smarter Government Programme (SSGP) aims to increase awareness and stimulate uptake of space data and satellite applications in the public sector.
Liabilities and insurance requirements for commercial spaceflight to operate from the UK, as set out under the Space Industry Act 2018.
All of the information required to participate in the UK Space Agency's SatelLife Challenge 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.
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.
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