The U.K. Space Agency (UKSA) is an executive agency of the UK government responsible for the United Kingdom's civil space program. Established in 2010, it drives growth in the space sector, supports scientific research, and fosters international collaboration. UKSA plays a major role in delivering the government's National Space Strategy, catalysing investment in the UK space sector, enabling missions and capabilities and championing space for the benefit of our planet and its people. The agency works with industry and academia and manages the UK's relationship with the European Space Agency (ESA).
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The UK Space Agency is awarding more than £47 million to fund new initiatives and broaden the UK’s industrial space-based economy.
The UK Space Agency launched its Space Clusters and Infrastructure Fund (SCIF) competition in May 2023.
Research enabled by Skyprint 2 has the potential to unlock a localized supply chain to reduce costs and lead times for Spirit AeroSystems, bolster industrial cooperation, and promote growth within the UK space sector.
Open Cosmos raised $50,000,000 in Series B funding in September 2023, marking the largest round for a UK space tech company in 2023.
The UK space sector is worth over £17.5 billion to the UK economy and employs 48,800 people nationwide.
Open Cosmos was awarded a £5 million project from the UK Space Agency’s Space Clusters and Infrastructure Fund (SCIF).
Open Cosmos launched the MANTIS satellite, which was developed with support from the European Space Agency and co-funded by the UK Space Agency.
Spaceflux is a London-headquartered UK space technology company focused on providing Space Domain Awareness services based on optical data from a proprietary global network of optical sensors.
Spaceflux won contracts with UK Space Command and the UK Space Agency to provide tracking data about satellites in geostationary orbit and to build a national ground-based SDA sensor in Cyprus.
The UK Space Agency funded 23 projects through the Enabling Technologies Program.
The UK Space Agency is providing £3 million to support the build of the UK pathfinder satellite.
Open Cosmos was involved in the MANTIS satellite mission launched two weeks before 22 November 2023, which was developed with support from the European Space Agency and co-funded by UKSA.
The UK space sector is worth over £17.5 billion to the UK economy and employs 48,800 people nationwide.
Open Cosmos raised $50,000,000 in Series B funding in September 2023, marking the largest funding round for a UK space tech company in 2023.
The UK Space Agency's C-LEO program is specifically focused on developing satellite communications payloads and systems.
Orbit Fab is partnering with the UK Space Agency to develop the GRASP (Grasping and Resupply Active Solution for Propellants) active refueling interface in the UK.
The UK government is supporting the UK space sector with a £160 million investment scheme called Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit.
The UK Space Agency is providing £3 million to support the build of the new UK pathfinder satellite.
MANTIS is the first satellite launched as part of ESA InCubed, the co-funding program run by ESA Φ-lab with the UK Space Agency as a participating member state.
The UK Space Agency committed $4,300,000 to assist Rocket Factory Augsburg’s preparatory efforts for its first flight.