About us

We develop and operate the UK’s space surveillance and protection capabilities.

The National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) is led by the UK Space Agency and UK Space Command in partnership with the Met Office.

Space domain awareness – the ability to understand and respond to what is happening in space – underpins all space activities and is a critical requirement for delivering a wide range of UK civil and military space objectives.

NSpOC combines and coordinates civil and military space domain awareness capabilities to enable UK space operations and protect our interests in space and on Earth from space related threats, risks, and hazards. With a combined annual budget of over £20 million and approximately 70 civilian and military personnel, NSpOC plays a vital role in ensuring space remains safe, sustainable and accessible for all.

Our mission sets include:

  • protecting and defending the UK’s space interests
  • missile warning
  • uncontrolled re-entry early warning
  • in-space collision avoidance
  • fragmentation alerting and monitoring
  • support to licence monitoring
  • space weather notifications and advice

UK Space Agency

The UK Space Agency jointly leads the National Space Operations Centre with UK Space Command.

The role of the UK Space Agency within government is to boost UK prosperity, understand the Universe, and protect our planet and outer space.

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UK Space Command

UK Space Command jointly leads the National Space Operations Centre with the UK Space Agency.

UK Space Command is the defence lead for space operations, space workforce, and space capability. It’s a joint command, staffed by personnel from the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force, alongside civil servants and contractors.

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Met Office

The Met Office is a partner in the National Space Operations Centre – providing space weather alerts and information via the Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre (MOSWOC) to NSpOC operations rooms and distributing defined types of space weather information through NSpOC to stakeholders.  

The role of the Met Office is to provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science, helping you make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.

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