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The RADICAL project is funded by the UK Space Agency.
Henny Sands is the Head of Telecommunications at the UK Space Agency.
The UK space sector aspires to become a pillar of the United Kingdom's economy and national security.
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 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 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.
Skyrora believes that securing select Orbex assets is vital to preserving UK space capability, protecting national critical infrastructure, and ensuring that technology and IP developed in the UK remains under UK ownership.
The investment is jointly funded by the UK Space Agency’s Sustainability & ISAM and Unlocking Space programmes.
Space Forge Ltd received a £300,000 (≈$409,000) contract for the 2Forge2Furious study to demonstrate commercial production of semiconductor seed crystals in orbit.
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 UK Space Agency characterized the launch sector as highly competitive and indicated that some companies will succeed while others will fail.
Space Forge will use its UK Space Agency funding to demonstrate commercial orbital production methods for semiconductor seed crystals aimed at improving the efficiency and reliability of high-power electronic devices.
BioOrbit will use its UK Space Agency funding to design an end-to-end drug manufacturing mission in microgravity.
Skyrora positioned the acquisition of select Orbex assets as a measure to preserve UK space capability and keep UK-developed technology and IP under UK ownership.