Space

Space science and technology in the UK relating to defence, security and the economy

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Services

• Launch Programme education initiative - request for information (RFI)

  The Launch Programme is currently scoping the opportunity to develop a targeted in-person launch-themed activity aimed at young people aged between 11 and 16 years old.

• Call for applications: UK National Delegate support for the ESA ARTES Programme

  This is a call for applications for UK National Delegate support for the ESA ARTES (Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems) Programme.

• Announcement of Opportunity: UK Space Agency National Space Technology Programme (NSTP) - Technology for Space Science call

  Guidance and documents to apply for the NSTP Technology for Space Science call

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Guidance and regulation

• Apply for funding: space-related R&D, innovation and education
  • Detailed guide
  • 20 November 2024
  • UK Space Agency
• Space skills and careers resources
  • Detailed guide
  • 5 February 2024
  • UK Space Agency
• UK space programmes and missions
  • Detailed guide
  • 6 March 2024
  • UK Space Agency
• Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer (TWSTFT) Capability Project
  • Guidance
  • 21 November 2024
  • UK Space Agency
• UK National Delegate support for the “Advanced Technology” Call
  • Notice
  • 13 November 2024
  • UK Space Agency

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News and communications

• Dates announced for In-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing Conference 2025
  • 20 November 2024
  • UK Space Agency
  • News story
• How we protected the UK and space in October 2024
  • 18 November 2024
  • National Space Operations Centre and UK Space Agency
  • News story
• UK delivers COP statement on behalf of Earth Observation community
  • 12 November 2024
  • UK Space Agency
  • News story
• UK to chair global Earth observation group with bold ambitions for data uptake 
  • 28 October 2024
  • UK Space Agency
  • Press release
• Designing Defence’s next generation multi-satellite system
  • 23 October 2024
  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
  • Case study

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Research and statistics

• How we protected the UK and space in May 2024
  • 10 June 2024
  • National Space Operations Centre and UK Space Agency
  • Research
• Space Regulatory Review 2024
  • 16 May 2024
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Transport, Department for Business and Trade, and Ministry of Defence
  • Research
• Regulatory Horizons Council: the Future Regulation of Space Technologies
  • 25 April 2024
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Independent report
• Infographic: Why Space Matters
  • 19 March 2024
  • UK Space Agency
  • Research
• Report: The economic impact on the UK of a disruption to GNSS
  • 18 October 2023
  • UK Space Agency and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Consultation on Orbital Liabilities, Insurance, Charging and Space Sustainability
  • 5 March 2024
  • UK Space Agency
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 05 January 2024
• Statement by the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) and the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS)
  • 12 November 2024
  • UK Space Agency
  • Policy paper
• The North Star Metric: Investment outcomes from UK Space Agency funding
  • 3 May 2024
  • UK Space Agency
  • Impact assessment
• Space Industrial Plan
  • 7 March 2024
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Ministry of Defence
  • Policy paper
• Space Sector Skills Survey 2023
  • 13 September 2023
  • UK Space Agency
  • Impact assessment

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Evaluation of the Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI)
  • 1 November 2024
  • UK Space Agency
  • Corporate report
• UK Space Agency Register of Board Members’ Interests
  • 21 October 2024
  • UK Space Agency
  • Transparency
• UK Space Agency spending report: September 2024
  • 11 October 2024
  • UK Space Agency
  • Transparency
• UK Space Agency spending report: August 2024
  • 24 September 2024
  • UK Space Agency
  • Transparency
• UK Space Agency spending report: July 2024
  • 24 September 2024
  • UK Space Agency
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
• National Space Operations Centre
• Ministry of Defence
• Department for Transport
• Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

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• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Government Office for Science
• UK Atomic Energy Authority
• Defence and Security Accelerator
• Department for Business & Trade
• Regulatory Horizons Council

• UK Space Agency
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Council for Science and Technology