Spaceflight

Space ports and commercial spaceflight in the UK.

Guidance and regulation

  • Operating a spaceport: rules and regulations
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Business and Trade, Department for Transport, UK Space Agency, Ofcom, Civil Aviation Authority, and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Launching or returning a rocket or space plane: rules and regulations
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Business and Trade, Department for Transport, UK Space Agency, Ofcom, Civil Aviation Authority, and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Operating an orbital space object: rules and regulations
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Business and Trade, Department for Transport, UK Space Agency, Ofcom, Civil Aviation Authority, and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Providing range control services: rules and regulations
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Business and Trade, Department for Transport, UK Space Agency, Ofcom, Civil Aviation Authority, and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Spaceflight from the UK
    • Detailed guide
    • UK Space Agency, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Transport, Civil Aviation Authority, and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

News and communications

Research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

Transparency and freedom of information releases

Organisations

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