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Life-saving medicines, optical fibres and semiconductors could be made in space to benefit people and businesses across the UK.
A new laboratory that will help UK companies develop and test the engines powering the next generation of satellites has opened at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.
Dr Paul Bate will be stepping down as Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency at the end of March 2026.
A new facility designed to help small businesses thrive in the UK space sector has opened at Airbus Defence and Space’s Stevenage site, backed by £3.9 million from the UK Space Agency.
This report was issued in January 2026 and covers the time period 1 December 2025 to 31 December 2025 inclusive.
A new £20 million space innovation hub has officially opened in Buckinghamshire, supported by UK Space Agency funding, providing cutting-edge facilities to help space businesses grow and creating up to 300 jobs.
UK involvement in the SMILE (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) mission.
A new batch of 23 projects will strengthen international space partnerships, develop national capabilities and boost economic growth, the UK Space Agency announced today.
This report was issued in December 2025 and covers the time period 1 November 2025 to 30 November 2025 inclusive.
Case studies of projects delivered through UK involvement in the European Space Agency's General Space Technology Programme (GSTP) from 2019–2025
Eighteen space businesses across the UK will receive funding and support from their local space cluster to accelerate their commercial growth, as part of a pilot initiative designed to strengthen the UK's space sector su…
The UK Space Agency has announced £17 million for seventeen UK space projects through its National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP), unveiled today at Space Comm Expo in Glasgow.
Scotland’s space sector will receive a major funding boost to accelerate breakthrough technologies and boost commercialisation, the UK Space Agency will announce today at Space-Comm Expo Scotland.
The UK has taken a major step forward in space-based climate science with the successful launch of HydroGNSS, a new pair of satellites that will monitor the planet’s water cycle from space.
The UK’s economy and security will benefit from a new £1.7 billion investment package in European Space Agency (ESA) programmes.
The UK Space Agency is investing £6.9 million in satellite technology that will transform connectivity and secure Britain’s place as a European space leader.
This report was issued in November 2025 and covers the time period 1 October 2025 to 31 October 2025 inclusive.
Preparations are underway in California for the launch of the Sentinel-6B satellite, which will monitor global sea levels from space, with a UK propulsion system on board.
Scout missions can prove new concepts using small satellites, which can then be scaled up in larger missions.
Funding boost for science and tech breakthroughs that improve lives, create jobs and grow our economy.
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