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University College London

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University College London (UCL) is a leading research university with significant involvement in the space industry through its Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL). MSSL designs, builds, and tests space instruments and spacecraft systems, participating in numerous satellite missions and rocket experiments. UCL collaborates with major space agencies like ESA, NASA, JAXA, and ISRO, contributing to planetary science, space policy, and climate physics.

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London, United Kingdom
www.ucl.ac.uk
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Dr. Colin Forsyth of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College London is a co-scientific lead for the SMILE mission.

GovernanceGeneralValue 3.4May 23, 2026SMILE osserva come le tempeste solari colpiscono la Terra

The Light Ion Analysers are a joint venture involving the Chinese National Space Science Centre, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory, and the Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas.

RelationshipsValue 4.0May 19, 2026Vega-C Successfully Places Sino-European SMILE Spacecraft Into Orbit!

The Light Ion Analyser is a joint venture between the Chinese National Space Science Centre, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory, and the Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Apr 27, 2026Sino-European SMILE Spacecraft Launch Postponed to May 19th

Eloise Marais is a professor of atmospheric chemistry at University College London who holds that there is currently no suitable regulation targeting pollution inputs into the upper layers of the atmosphere.

LegalValue 2.0Feb 24, 2026Rocket re-entry pollution measured in atmosphere for first time

The Light Ion Analyser on SMILE is a joint venture between the Chinese National Space Science Centre, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory, and the Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas in France.

RelationshipsValue 4.2Feb 21, 2026Sino-European Space Weather Satellite en Route to South American Launch Site

Roger Wesson is lead author of the WEAVE Ring Nebula study and is affiliated with University College London and Cardiff University.

GeneralGovernanceValue 1.2Jan 19, 2026Iron bar of hot plasma revealed inside Ring Nebula

The project is a trilateral collaboration between Lodestar Space, University College London, and Impulse Space.

RelationshipsValue 3.0Oct 9, 2025UK Space Agency Backs Lodestar Space Ground Demonstration

The U.K. Space Agency will provide University College London with £7 million to develop a plasma analyzer instrument to monitor space weather conditions.

PlanFinancialCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 5, 2019U.K. to fund development of spaceport facilities for Virgin Orbit
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