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Matthew Archer, director of launch at the UK Space Agency, noted that Covid-related delays caused a loss of 18 months to two years in production schedules.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL9/16/2024Still waiting for liftoff in the UK

ClearSpace has been awarded a new contract by the UK Space Agency to further develop the CLEAR mission.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/11/2024UK Space Agency awards new contract to ClearSpace to accelerate space debris removal mission

Space Forge has been awarded almost £8 million from the Space Clusters Infrastructure Fund administered by the UK Space Agency.

NARRATIVE GENERAL6/19/2024Space Forge secures million£ UK Space Agency funding to build National Microgravity Research Center

The UK Space Agency will open new headquarters in the Quad Two building at the Harwell Science Campus’ Space Cluster in Oxfordshire.

NARRATIVE GROWTH3/26/2024UK Space Agency to Open New Headquarters in Harwell Science Campus Space Cluster

The UK Space Agency plans to open new headquarters in June at the Harwell Science Campus space cluster in England.

NARRATIVE GROWTH3/25/2024UK Space Agency moving HQ to Harwell space cluster

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.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/23/2023UK Space Command and UK Space Agency Contracts Spaceflux for Space Domain Awareness Capabilities

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.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/26/2023UK helps fund Rocket Factory Augsburg’s maiden flight

The UK Space Agency intends to invest a total of £17 million in the LiteBIRD mission over the life of the mission.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/6/2023UK joins mission to trace back to the start of the Universe

Odin Space has raised $500,000 in pre-seed funding and secured two grants from the UK Space Agency.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL6/17/2022Getting SSA off the ground

Astroscale won a contract from the U.K. Space Agency to study the removal of two defunct satellites from low Earth orbit by 2025.

ORG RELATIONSHIP1/6/2022Space debris expert warns U.S. ‘woefully behind’ in efforts to clean up junk in orbit

Two other groups won UK Space Agency funding in October to complete mission feasibility studies by the end of March.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/9/2021Third consortium gets UK funds to study potential deorbit mission

Astroscale won a contract from the U.K. Space Agency in October 2024 to study deorbiting two defunct British satellites, including a possible OneWeb satellite that failed in 2023.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/25/2021Astroscale raises $109 million Series F round

Astroscale won a contract from the U.K. Space Agency on 2021-10-26 to study the removal of two defunct satellites from low Earth orbit by 2025.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/11/2021Astroscale and New Zealand to partner on space sustainability projects

U.K. Space Agency and Cornwall Council plan to invest in facilities at Cornwall Airport Newquay (Spaceport Cornwall) to support Virgin Orbit launch operations.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/5/2019U.K. to fund development of spaceport facilities for Virgin Orbit

The plasma analyzer instrument funded by the U.K. Space Agency will be flown on a space weather mission being developed by ESA in coordination with a separate spacecraft that NOAA will develop.

NARRATIVE PLAN6/5/2019U.K. to fund development of spaceport facilities for Virgin Orbit

U.K. Space Agency and Cornwall Council plan to invest in facilities at Cornwall Airport Newquay (Spaceport Cornwall) to support Virgin Orbit launch operations.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL6/5/2019U.K. to fund development of spaceport facilities for Virgin Orbit