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A team from the University of Glasgow has won a government-run competition to develop a climate change satellite for launch from the UK.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Secured through the Space to Innovate Campaign – Bravo Drop, five innovative organisations have won funding to develop technologies that enhance the UK’s ability to safely operate in space
Funding for pioneering new space technologies will help to cut carbon emissions, improve energy security and enhance the UK’s reputation as a science superpower.
A research satellite from RHEA Group, built by Open Cosmos, completes the line-up of satellites set to launch from Spaceport Cornwall this year.
Virgin Orbit’s next satellite launch will take place from the UK, following the success of the “Straight Up” mission.
Europe's two-part mission to Mars
InSight is investigating the interior structure and composition of Mars, uncovering how a rocky body forms and evolves to become a planet.
The new measures will demonstrate the UK’s commitment, ambition and drive to improve the UK’s sustainable use of space.
The UK Government will invest £30 million to secure the UK’s leading role in developing a space telescope to explore exoplanets.
Gaia’s latest major data release reveals new detail on nearly 2 billion stars, providing largest ever catalogue of information on stars in our galaxy.
A new European Space Agency science mission, proposed by the UK, to 3D-map a comet for the first time has reached a major milestone.
Dstl's miniaturised space weather instrumentation suite will be aboard Virgin Orbit which is aiming to launch from Spaceport Cornwall later in 2022.
A 12-year-old from Hampshire has been named the winner of Blue Peter’s Awesome Orbit competition to design an emblem that will go on one of the first satellites to launch from the UK this summer.
The UK Space Agency has welcomed news that the British rocket company Orbex has unveiled the first full-scale prototype of its Prime orbital space rocket.
Monitor Your Satellites is a pilot service from the UK Space Agency, providing Space Surveillance and Tracking information to UK-licenced satellite operators.
As part of a three-year mission two satellites will operate close to Earth experimenting and test imaging and interoperability.
Scout missions can prove new concepts using small satellites, which can then be scaled up in larger missions.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng appoints Lord David Willetts as Chair of the UK Space Agency’s Board.
The number of UK space jobs continued to grow into 2020, despite the global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new figures released today.
A 6-year-old from Bolton has won a competition to design a logo that will be displayed on the first rockets launching satellites from the UK later this year.
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