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Andrew Peebles, UK Mission to the UN in Vienna, delivered the UK Statement on Space Resources at the 61st Legal Sub-committee of COPUOS.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Delivered by Jacob Geer, Head of Space Surveillance and Tracking, UK Space Agency, 8 February 2022.
Delivered by a member of the UK Delegation to the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS 65) in June 2022.
Delivered by Andrew Ratcliffe, Chief Engineer, UK Space Agency, 15 February 2022
The UK's statement on definition and delimitation at the 61st Legal Sub-committee of COPUOS (agenda item 7a).
Delivered by Lauren Newell, UK Space Agency International Policy Lead, at the United Nations in Vienna, 2 September 2021.
The UK's statement on legal mechanisms relating to space debris and remediation measures at the 61st Legal Sub-committee of COPUOS (agenda item 11).
UK & US mark several international firsts for military innovation
The UK Space Agency is backing research by Rolls-Royce into how nuclear power could be used to support a future Moon base for astronauts.
The UK Space Agency is today announcing a range of different initiatives aimed at supporting safe and sustainable space operations.
Michael Davidson, UK Mission to the UN in Vienna, delivered the UK statement on the future role of the Committee at the 61st Legal Sub-committee of COPUOS (agenda item 10).
Dstl's miniaturised space weather instrumentation suite will be aboard Virgin Orbit which is aiming to launch from Spaceport Cornwall later in 2022.
Delivered by David Edmondson, Space Security and Advanced Threats Policy Head, FCDO, at the United Nations in Vienna, 2 September 2021.
Delivered by Lauren Newell, UK Space Agency International Policy Lead, at the United Nations in Vienna, 30 August 2021.
Delivered by Corinne Kitsell OBE, Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to IAEA and CTBTO, at the United Nations in Vienna, 25 August 2021.
Delivered by Alexander Cocker, Outer Space Policy Officer, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, 15 February 2022.
The UN General Assembly's First Committee has approved the UK's push to tackle threatening space behaviour.
Delivered by Tony Forsythe, Head of Space Technology at the UK Space Agency, 8 February 2022.
Two UK-based companies are designing missions to clear hazardous space junk alongside the launch of a new programme to back cutting-edge space technology.
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