By Frank Gardner, Published by the BBC, 30 December 2021 The year 2021 has seen a fundamental shift in British defence and security policy. Up goes the budget for digital technology, artificial intelligence and cyber. Down goes the money for more traditional hardware and troop numbers. All of this at
By George Allison, Published by ukdj, 21 December 2021 Inmarsat is working on a UK Space Agency-funded test project with the European Space Agency, alongside British partners Goonhilly Earth Station Limited and GMVNSL Limited, to deliver the first UK-generated satellite navigation signal. The project provides a potential platform for the
By Emma Thorpe, Published by Orbital Today, 1 December 2021 The Scottish Government intends to secure a share of £4 billion out of the global space market to boost the economy through the Sutherland Spaceport and put Scotland on the map for space customers. The Space Strategy program was launched
By Athene Gadsby, Published by UK Space Agency, 24 November 2021 On 15 November 2021, the UK’s Space Operations Centre (UKSpOC) based at High Wycombe started monitoring the fragmentation of COSMOS1408 – an inactive, two tonne Russian satellite which had been struck by a Russian anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test. Fragmentation events are the break-up or explosion of objects in
By Kit Klarenberg, Publishd by Russia Today, 19 November 2021 RAF Menwith Hill, America’s largest overseas spy base, located in the UK, is to be expanded, and for reasons we can only guess at – although they’re unlikely to be positive. A planning application by the UK’s Ministry of Defence
By Emma Thorpe, Published by Orbital Today, 17 November 2021 The Scottish Government gave the go-ahead to the Sutherland Spaceport. The authority did this despite concerns that the new launch site could interfere with the precious peat bogs. The bogs are unique and contain excess amounts of carbon. New Launch
By Debra Werner, Published by SpaceNews, 9 November 2021 SAN FRANCISCO – Spaceport Cornwall is preparing to release a carbon impact report as part of its campaign to be “open and transparent” about the environmental impact of horizontal launches scheduled to begin next year, said Melissa Thorpe, Spaceport Cornwall head.
By Emma Thorpe, Published by Orbital Today, 29 October 2021 The 21st-century Earth is choking on carbon emissions, and today’s rocket launch industry adds its share to this phenomenon. But how do rockets affect the environment? The more carbon accumulates in the atmosphere, the more it acts as thermal insulation
