The University of Southampton is a public research university in the UK actively involved in the space industry through its research, development, and educational programs. Its activities cover a wide spectrum of fundamental and applied research in space physics and spacecraft engineering, with key areas of focus including space situational awareness, electric and chemical propulsion, autonomy, and multifunctional structures. The university collaborates with partners such as Northrop Grumman, Pulsar Fusion, and the UK Space Agency, and participates in initiatives like the Space Research and Innovation Network for Technology (SPRINT) to support SMEs. Key areas of expertise include space debris, near-earth objects, electric propulsion, and space systems engineering.
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Astroscale Holdings promotes the AIRS (Atmospheric Impact of Reentered Spacecraft) initiative with Planet Labs as a founding member and the University of Southampton as a participant.
The University of Southampton contributes aerospace engineering and atmospheric science research capabilities to AIRS.
AIRS is an industry-academia collaboration led by Astroscale Holdings with Planet Labs and the University of Southampton as founding participants.
Planet Labs PBC and the University of Southampton are founding participants in AIRS.
The University of Southampton will provide research capabilities in aerospace engineering and atmospheric science to AIRS.
The University of Southampton contributes aerospace engineering and atmospheric science capabilities to AIRS.
Planet Labs and the University of Southampton are founding participants in Astroscale’s AIRS initiative.
AccelerComm was founded at the University of Southampton in 2016.
Dr. Rosalind Coggon is a Royal Society Research Fellow at the University of Southampton.
GomSpace signed a 3.6 MSEK contract to supply a standard platform kit to the universities of Surrey, Portsmouth, and Southampton in the UK.
The University of Southampton received £201,000 to develop a sterilisation method using non-thermal plasma to support human spaceflight and exploration.
The University of Southampton received £102,000 to develop Raman-spectroscopy for detecting low-level biosignatures to support exploration of icy worlds including the Moon and Mars.
The UK Space Agency collaboration will develop a relationship with the Plasma Dynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory at the University of Michigan, Pulsar Fusion, Starlight Engines, and the University of Southampton.
The University of Southampton’s AI-based satellite-imagery project is intended to provide construction companies with higher accuracy at an earlier stage.