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This report was issued in September 2024 and covers the time period 1 August 2024 to 31 August 2024 inclusive.
TRUTHS is a UK-led mission to create a space-based climate and calibration observatory that will improve confidence in climate change forecasts and support net zero mitigation strategies and their impact.
Find answers to questions about space junk, the risk to satellites in orbit, and how space sustainability can help, as well as the UK Space Agency's work to address these issues.
The UK Space Agency is supporting Scotland's largest commercial space conference, which opened today (Wednesday 11 September) in Glasgow.
Leading space experts from around the world gathered at the Royal Institution today to discuss the future of microgravity research and human presence in low Earth orbit.
Science Secretary Peter Kyle welcomed the launch of the Sentinel-2C satellite, which lifted off successfully this morning (Thursday 5 September) at 2:50am BST from Kourou in French Guiana.
John McFall, a member of the ESA astronaut reserve, took part in the Paralympics opening ceremony in Paris yesterday evening.
Ten projects have been awarded £2.5 million as part of the UK Space Agency’s Unlocking Space for Business programme.
This report was issued in August 2024 and covers the time period 1 July 2024 to 31 July 2024 inclusive.
Monitoring the Sun’s activity to provide space weather forecasts and warnings of extreme space weather events to protect society and infrastructure on Earth.
The Monitor Space Hazards platform, with Manoeuvre Trade Space Plots, helps operators avoid collisions by visualising manoeuvre options available to them.
UK finalists awarded funding through the joint UK-Canada £1.2 million Aqualunar Challenge to develop new lunar water purifying technologies.
A plan to build on the success of the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT), which employs more than 100 people in Harwell, has been launched today by the UK and European space agencies.
DSIT’s Secretary of State delivers his first speech at the Farnborough International Air Show on Monday 22 July 2024.
More than 20 national space projects have been announced today by DSIT Secretary of State Peter Kyle, on the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow.
This report was issued in July 2024 and covers the time period 1 June 2024 to 30 June 2024 inclusive.
A ‘treasure trove’ of data, including papers authored by UK scientists, has been released from the Euclid space telescope, alongside the largest images of the Universe ever taken from space.
Space Minister Andrew Griffith was in Brussels today (22 May 2024), where he witnessed the signing of a major industrial contract that will see Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage building Europe’s flagship space weather m…
As our planet becomes increasingly reliant on space, the UK is working to be at the forefront of space protection and sustainability.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
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