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Exempting defence-related activity from the licence requirements of the Space Industry Act 2018 regarding the launch of sub-orbital rockets and other craft.
Executive summary The Space Industry Act 2018 (the act) created the…
Executive summary This summarises the responses to the recent public…
This policy paper sets out how the government is delivering on the ambitions set out in the National Space Strategy and summarises our achievements so far.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Ministerial foreword The new space race has not just begun, it is well…
DSIT has identified an initial set of indicators to aid in the monitoring…
This strategy sets out the government’s ambitions for the UK in space, bringing together civil and defence policy for the first time.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Credit: NASA Foreword from the Prime Minister I was barely 5 years old…
Purpose of this document This document presents an overview of a Space…
The UK government’s strategy to increase our preparedness and resilience to a severe space weather event.
Seeks views on draft environment objectives and guidance for the spaceflight regulator under the Space Industry Act 2018.
Seeks views on the draft regulations and guidance documents needed to operate a spaceport or to carry out spaceflight activities from the UK.
The draft insurance proposals and liabilities regulations needed for the Space Industry Act 2018, which will enable UK commercial spaceflight launches.
These policy scoping notes set out how the government intends to exercise the delegated powers in the Space Industry Bill.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Sets out the government's response to the Science and Technology Committee's report about the Draft Spaceflight Bill.
Sets out how the government plans to regulate launch-to-orbit and sub-orbital spaceflight activities from UK spaceports.
Seeking views on the conclusions and recommendations on criteria and potentially feasible locations for a UK spaceport.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Non-binding signed statement of intention concerning the development of commercial and suborbital space transport.
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