Image Credit: RAF By Andrew Parsonson, Published by European Spaceflight, 28 September 2026 The United Kingdom has established a new specialised unit within the Royal Air Force to counter hostile threats to the country’s satellites. The Ministry of Defence announced the formation of No. III Space Effects Squadron on 23
By Daniel Molland, Published by Space News, 25 September 2026 The UK Space Strategy 2026 makes control of space its leading defense priority, then names none of the technology needed to deliver it. With the announcement of the new UK Space Strategy 2026, Britain has formally recognized that space is
It comes as the UK unveils a new unit dedicated to defending the UK's satellites in space - named the Space Effects Squadron By Jonathan Beale and Vicky Wong, Published by The BBC, 23 September 2026 The British military has been jamming or blocking satellites from other countries in order
A mock rocket launches from the SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst, Shetland. The site is to get £30m as part of plans to strengthen space defences. Photograph: SaxaVord UK Spaceport/PA By Ben Quinn, Published by The Guardian, 23 September 2026 A new military unit dedicated to defending satellites, protecting services people
A Skynet satellite. Photo: Airbus Defence and Space Published by RAF News, 18 September 2026 UK Space Command and US Space Command have conducted the first UK-US joint military operation in space, moving two satellites close together, at an altitude of nearly 36,000 kilometres above the Earth. From 4-12 September
DARC technical demonstrator in White Sands, New Mexico From the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs, Posted by US Space Force, 9 September, 2026 ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The U.S. Space Force has approved project planning and selected Lake Kickapoo, Texas, as the preferred location for the third
The funding will be used to build two more launchpads By Cameron Angus-Mackay, Published by The BBC, 8 September 2026 The UK government has announced investment of £30m in SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland as part of a new national space strategy. A spaceport spokesperson said the funding was a "hugely
By George Allison, Published by UK Defence Journal, 8 September 2026 The government has published a new UK Space Strategy backed by £7.8 billion until 2030, with more than £3 billion of it directed at defence capabilities in orbit, the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade stated. The strategy
