From: UK Space Agency, 19 March 2026 UK businesses can today apply for a share of up to £14.7 million in funding from the UK Space Agency, unlocking new opportunities to develop cutting-edge space technologies and strengthen the UK’s industrial capability. The funding is available through the European Space Agency’s
The Esrange in Arctic Sweden has been the launch site for sub-orbital rockets. Photograph: Mattias Forsberg/SSC By Adrienne Murray & James Brooks, Published by The BBC, 24 February 2026 It's 04:00 on a snow-covered hill in Swedish Lapland, 120 miles (200km) north of the Arctic Circle. A countdown echoes from
An artist's illustration of a satellite crashing back to Earth. (Image: Getty Images) By Raquel Brandao, Published by Earth.com, 10 February 2026 Seismic sensors used in earthquake monitoring equipment have have demonstrated that they can also track sonic booms from space debris entering Earth’s atmosphere. This new method allows scientists
Multiple companies are planning to develop space-based data centers, which would greatly increase the number of satellites in Earth orbit. (Image credit: ESA) By Julian Dossett, Published by Space.com, 5 February 2026 U.S. companies also plan to build solar-powered data centers in space as the market becomes crowded on Earth.
The atmospheric reentry process generates extreme heat and mechanical loads, which lead to the satellite's disintegration at the altitude of about 45 miles. (Image credit: ESA) By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 31 January 2026 "Understanding how different materials behave as they burn up could help engineers design satellites that
Image source: Missile Defense Agency Published by Clash Report, 29 January 2026 Germany is preparing to become the first European country to develop its own space-based missile detection system, as concerns grow in Berlin and across Europe about reliance on U.S. early-warning capabilities. Germany is planning to develop the core
Photo by NASA on Unsplash By Daniel Frostwick, Published by Blackburndrone, 23 January 2026 On the screens inside ESA’s control room, the orbits look clean and calm. Thin blue lines wrapping around Earth, a silent ballet of hardware and code. Then a technician zooms in on a weather satellite’s trajectory
Illustration of congestion in geostationary orbit. Credit: ESA/ID&Sense/ONiRiXEL; CC BY-SA 3.0 By Richard Jacklin and James Snape, Published by Space News, 16 January 2026 Space is rapidly becoming the world’s most congested frontier. What was once a domain of scientific exploration is now a crowded commercial arena, a global infrastructure
