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UK government statement on agenda item 8, of the 61st Legal Sub-committee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) at the United Nations.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
British space technology will help pioneer new approaches to energy, communications and resources, thanks to new projects from the UK Space Agency
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) will launch its first satellites in 2022 in the next phase of growing the UK’s space research capabilities.
The UK will invest £1.4 billion to bolster our national interests in space, as part of the first Defence Space Strategy published today.
A government-backed experiment which could help people live longer, healthier lives is set to launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday 21 December.
The UK Space Agency welcomes the news that British company Orbex is constructing a state-of-the-art rocket test facility in Kinloss, Scotland.
The UK-led Ariel mission will study the atmospheres of approximately 1000 planets lying outside our Solar System.
A new project to map existing work to tackle climate action through the use of space technology and identify what more could be done has been launched by the UK Space Agency and the United Nations at COP26.
Satellite data will be used to monitor and map heat in locations at greatest risk from climate change in one of two new projects being backed by the UK Space Agency.
The Government‘s Nanosat Design Competition has opened for entries, with aspiring space scientists invited to design a small satellite to help inform solutions to climate change.
A new look for a UK-led mission that will set a new benchmark to detect change in Earth's climate system has been unveiled as part of Earth Information Day (3rd November 2021) at COP26 - the United Nations Climate Change…
The UK Space Agency has provided new funding for a joint British and French mission, called MicroCarb, dedicated to monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide - the main greenhouse gas responsible for climate change.
The UK Space Agency is today announcing a range of different initiatives aimed at supporting safe and sustainable space operations.
The UK Space Agency and NASA have agreed to work together on a mission to observe and map the heliosphere - the area of space surrounding the Sun filled with charged particles known as the solar wind.
New research backed by the UK Space Agency will look to solve challenges such as muscle loss and isolation stress that astronauts face during long missions
SMILE will study the interaction between the Earth’s magnetosphere and solar wind – charged particles streaming from the Sun.
Government unveils new plans to strengthen the UK as a world class space nation.
A UK satellite company will provide the first commercial link between Earth and the Moon.
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have awarded a £9.5 million contract to In-Space Missions Ltd for the build of the Titania satellite, which will undertake vital research on the next-generation of communi…
Meet high-flyer Jake who has been working as an exchange officer with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory on its space programme for the past 2 years.
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