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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MANTIS is the first satellite launched under 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 awarded the £3.5 million funding as part of the European Space Agency Boost! Programme.
The UK space industry is described as a £17 billion sector with expectations of rapid growth as the commercial LEO satellite sector expands.
The 0.005 kg pilot tests were performed through the ESA Sunrise Partnership Project with support from the UK Space Agency.
The UK Space Agency provided funding to help prepare Rocket Factory Augsburg’s flight from SaxaVord scheduled for 2024.
Horizon Technologies received guidance and support from the UK Space Agency following the 2023-01-09 Virgin Orbit launch failure.
Horizon Technologies was awarded a £1.2 million grant by the UK Space Agency as part of a £2.8 million Amber™ Phoenix Mission program.
The UK Space Agency and Axiom Space signed an agreement to work together to pursue a commercially sponsored UK astronaut mission.
The United Kingdom Space Agency led the International Charter from April to October 2023.
The UK Space Agency has awarded funds to Lockheed Martin to establish launch operations from SaxaVord Spaceport.
The UK Space Agency is providing £3.5 million to help Germany’s Rocket Factory Augsburg prepare for its maiden flight next year from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands.
Two months before the UK Space Agency funding award, Rocket Factory Augsburg received €30 million from global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Horizon Technologies was awarded a £1.2 million grant by the UK Space Agency at an event at the Army-Navy Club in London on 11 October.
Unlocking Space for Business will offer companies the opportunity to bid for a share of up to £6 million in UK Space Agency funding later 2023 to help launch innovative pilot projects, data procurement, or partnerships.
The £1.2 million UK Space Agency grant to Horizon Technologies is part of a £2.8 million program called the Amber Phoenix Mission.
Horizon Technologies received immediate guidance from the UK Space Agency team following the 2023-01-09 mission failure.
On 2023-10-05 the UK Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency agreed to start bilateral collaboration to develop an in-orbit telemetry relay service called InRange that will be demonstrated on the H3 launch vehicle.
The bilateral collaboration for InRange builds upon a Memorandum of Cooperation between the UK Space Agency and JAXA signed in 2021.
The UK Space Agency awarded Horizon Technologies a £1.2 million grant to help launch the replacement spy satellite in mid-2024.
Seraphim Space won the UK Space Agency’s International Bilateral Fund Phase 1 grant to support its expansion plans in Singapore.