Spaceflight

Guidance and regulation

Spaceflight legislation and guidance
- Detailed guide
- 1 June 2022
- UK Space Agency
Spaceflight from the UK
- Detailed guide
- 16 January 2023
- UK Space Agency, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Transport, Civil Aviation Authority, and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
UK/USA: Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Notes between the United Kingdom and the United States of America on Technology Safeguards associated with United States Participation in Space Launches from the United Kingdom [CS USA No.1/2020]
- International treaty
- 8 February 2021
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Outer Space Act 1986 and Space Industry Act 2018: Third-party liabilities and insurance
- Guidance
- 1 June 2022
- UK Space Agency
Commercial spaceflight: launch liabilities and insurance
- Guidance
- 27 September 2021
- Department for Transport

First launch from the UK
- 16 January 2023
- UK Space Agency
- Case study
UK space regulator issues Virgin Orbit licences ahead of UK launch
- 21 December 2022
- Department for Transport, Civil Aviation Authority, and UK Space Agency
- News story
Spaceport Cornwall receives first-ever UK spaceport licence
- 16 November 2022
- Department for Transport, UK Space Agency, and Civil Aviation Authority
- News story
Start Me Up: Countdown to first UK satellite launch
- 11 October 2022
- UK Space Agency
- News story
New launch contingent liability under the Space Industry Act 2018
- 19 July 2022
- Department for Transport
- Written statement

Transport and transport technology: public attitudes tracker
- 23 February 2023
- Department for Transport
- Research
An evaluation of UK funding through the ARTES programme
- 30 October 2019
- UK Space Agency
- Research
Evaluation: UK Spaceport Business Case
- 11 October 2018
- UK Space Agency
- Research
Commercial spaceplane certification and operations: UK government review
- 15 July 2014
- Department for Transport, Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, Ministry of Defence, UK Space Agency, and Civil Aviation Authority
- Research

Commercial spaceflight: environmental objectives for the spaceflight regulator
- 25 June 2021
- Department for Transport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 24 March 2021
Spaceport and spaceflight activities: regulations and guidance
- 5 March 2021
- Department for Transport and UK Space Agency
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 22 October 2020
National Space Strategy in Action
- 19 July 2023
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Ministry of Defence
- Policy paper
National space strategy
- 1 February 2022
- UK Space Agency, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Ministry of Defence, and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Policy paper
UK severe space weather preparedness strategy
- 27 September 2021
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Policy paper

Spaceports: keeping people safe
- 21 February 2019
- UK Space Agency
- Corporate report
UK Space Agency: spending report for January 2018
- 28 February 2018
- UK Space Agency
- Transparency
UK Space Agency: spending report for November 2017
- 13 December 2017
- UK Space Agency
- Transparency
UK Space Agency: spending report for October 2017
- 15 November 2017
- UK Space Agency
- Transparency