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Find answers to questions about space debris, the risk to satellites in orbit, and how space sustainability can help, as well as the UK Space Agency's work to address these issues.
This report was issued in December 2024 and covers the time period 1 November 2024 to 30 November 2024 inclusive.
Lunar Pathfinder will be the world’s first dedicated lunar communications relay spacecraft when it launches in 2026.
A new radar satellite supported by the UK was launched into space from French Guiana at 9:20pm GMT on Thursday 5 December.
The UK-led Ariel mission will study the atmospheres of approximately 1000 planets lying outside our Solar System.
The telescope is studying the first stars and galaxies, and examining the physical and chemical properties of solar systems.
New projects are set to test innovative hybrid connectivity solutions in some of the very hardest to reach places in the UK, with up to £3.5 million in government funding.
The UK’s second In-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM) Conference will take place at the ICC Belfast on 4-6 June 2025.
This report was issued in November 2024 and covers the time period 1 October 2024 to 31 October 2024 inclusive.
As Chair of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), the UK Space Agency delivered a statement during COP29 in Baku.
The UK has assumed the Chair of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites.
Dstl scientific expertise and advice is at the heart of the Ministry of Defence’s ambitions in space.
A satellite developed by the UK business Horizon Technologies is on schedule for launch in mid-2025.
This report was issued in October 2024 and covers the time period 1 September 2024 to 30 September 2024 inclusive.
The UK and New Zealand space agencies have signed a blueprint for the removal and servicing of operational satellites that are very close together or making contact with one another.
Goonhilly will provide deep space communications services to the UK Space Agency and international partners from Cornwall, under a new contract.
DASA and AWE seek novel technologies in the space domain to enhance the UK’s Defence and Commercial Space Systems resilience and reliability
Dstl will test a short wave infrared camera to identify objects in orbit over the South Pole as part of a space domain awareness trial.
Earlier this month ESA's satellite 'Salsa' landed in the South Pacific. Learn more about how NSpOC tracks re-entries from space using Salsa as a case study.
Space professionals from organisations across the UK will descend on Manchester in July 2025 for the UK Space Conference.
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