Projects involving lunar exploration will benefit from the new funding Published by the BBC, 3 December 2025 Scotland's space sector will receive a £4.6m funding boost to accelerate breakthrough technologies, the UK Space Agency has announced. The funding includes a £3.7m sum from the Agency's National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP),
A Long March 3B carrier rocket carrying an experimental satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on December 30, 2021 in Xichang, China. Liu Guoxing / VCG via Getty Images By Martin Belam, Published by The Guardian, 2 December 2025 In today’s newsletter: As suppliers get ready to
By Darren Shield, Published by The Cumberland Times, 28 November 2025 A new space observatory has been given the go-ahead inside RAF Spadeadam, creating what its backers describe as a 'UK-first facility' for satellite tracking and research. Cumberland Council has approved plans for a small temporary observatory to be built
Published by GOV.UK, 21 November 2025 The UK Space Agency is investing £6.9 million in satellite technology that will transform connectivity and secure Britain’s place as a European space leader. The funding will support five groundbreaking projects through the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ARTES (Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems) programme,
By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 18 November 2025 BREMEN, Germany — European government officials stressed the need to build strong, autonomous space capabilities, even as the continent continues to rely on foreign companies for some launches. During sessions at Space Tech Expo Europe on Nov. 18, officials from
Image Crown Copyright 2023 By George Allison, Published by UK Defence Journal, 14 November 2025 Slingshot Aerospace has been selected by the UK Space Agency to deliver a global optical sensor network that will expand the United Kingdom’s ability to track satellites and orbital debris as congestion in orbit continues
By Lisa West, Published by UK Defence Journal, 12 November 2025 Raytheon UK has been awarded a contract to provide orbital analyst capability to the UK Space Agency in support of the nation’s Space Domain Awareness mission, the company stated. Under the agreement, analysts from Raytheon UK will operate from
By Jason Rainbow, Published by Space News, 3 November 2025 TAMPA, Fla. — The United Kingdom must move swiftly to turn ambition into action after falling short of a vision outlined three years ago to become a major global space power, a cross-party parliamentary committee warned Nov. 3. The committee
