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On February 9, 2026, the UK Space Agency awarded research contracts to BioOrbit, Space Forge, and OrbiSky to advance technology demonstration and commercialization of advanced materials manufacturing in low Earth orbit.
The UK Space Agency positions the funded research as contributing to strengthening government-priority capabilities in in-space services, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM).
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.
The UK Space Agency awarded contracts to three companies worth a combined amount of nearly £1 million to advance in-orbit manufacturing.
UK Space Agency awarded contracts to three companies worth a combined $1.1M+ to advance in-orbit manufacturing.
The UK Space Agency is funding the TOUCAN project with support from the UK National PNT Office and management through ESA's NAVISP navigation program.
The UK Space Agency identifies precise and secure timing as underpinning daily services from banking and transport to energy and communications.
Dr Paul Bate is Chief Executive Officer of the UK Space Agency.
TOUCAN is funded by the UK Space Agency through the United Kingdom’s participation in the European Space Agency’s Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP).
The UK Space Agency frames the TOUCAN investment as part of growing international efforts to diversify and harden positioning, navigation, and timing infrastructure as reliance on precise timing and navigation expands across civil, commercial, and defence sectors.
On February 3, 2026, the UK Space Agency made a strategic investment in the TOUCAN (TWSTFT Capability Demonstration) project to enhance the United Kingdom’s resilience against potential disruptions to Global Navigation Satellite Systems.
Dr. Paul Bate is the CEO of the UK Space Agency.
The UK Space Agency received a funding boost for the rest of the decade after folding into DSIT.
The IRUS program is intended to support innovation and create high-value employment across the UK space sector while strengthening the UK’s leadership in ISAM.
The UK Space Agency was folded into the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology last fall.
AAC Clyde Space's INFLECION constellation is a €30.7 million project co-funded by the UK Space Agency.
The OSS large deployable reflector development was funded through multi-year UK space industrialization initiatives.
The UK Space Agency retained discretion to allocate its unassigned European Launcher Challenge funds to specific operators at a later date.
Orbex won UK Space Agency funding in 2018 as part of plans to establish a northern Scotland spaceport.
UK Space Minister Baroness Liz Lloyd stated that this is fantastic news for Open Cosmos and the thriving UK space sector.