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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In February 2026, the UK Space Agency awarded £295,000 to OrbiSky Ltd to design a payload for producing ZBLAN fluoride glass optical fiber in low Earth orbit.
RADICAL is part of the European Space Agency’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems program and is funded by the UK Space Agency.
ELSA-M has been primarily funded privately by Astroscale and also received support from the UK Space Agency through the European Space Agency’s Connectivity and Secure Communications programme.
ELSA-M is supported by the UK Space Agency, the European Space Agency, and Eutelsat Group through the Sunrise Partnership Project.
The RADICAL project is funded by the UK Space Agency.
Henny Sands is the Head of Telecommunications at the UK Space Agency.
Lockheed Martin is establishing a UK Space Prime presence to provide the Ministry of Defence and civilian agencies with direct access to advanced space control and security technology.
The UK Space Agency will support the ESA AI hub at ECSAT.
The UK space sector currently employs 55,000 people in the country.
The integration of the UK Space Agency into the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) will be completed next month.
The C-LEO programme of the UK Space Agency (UKSA) supports British companies in creating smarter satellites, advanced hardware, and AI-driven data delivery systems.
The chief executive of the UK Space Agency supports Infinite Orbits’ entry into the UK space sector and treats the acquisition as a vote of confidence in UK engineering talent.
The UK Space Agency supported SatVu through its National Space Innovation Program.
Beth Greenaway is Head of Earth Observation and Climate at the UK Space Agency.
The UK Space Agency contributed the Soft X-ray Imager for SMILE, which was developed by the University of Leicester and The Open University.
The UK Space Agency will be scrapped in April, a week before the earliest possible launch of SMILE.
The UK Space Agency’s new investment comes through its Sustainability and ISAM programme and the Unlocking Space portfolio.
The UK Space Agency supports companies exploring manufacturing in orbit to help the UK capture emerging markets and deliver tangible benefits on Earth.
The UK Space Agency awarded contracts to three UK companies to investigate producing advanced materials in Low Earth Orbit where microgravity, natural vacuum, and extreme temperatures enable manufacturing difficult or impossible on Earth.
The investment is jointly funded by the UK Space Agency’s Sustainability & ISAM and Unlocking Space programmes.