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Virgin Orbit鈥檚 carrier aircraft, ground support equipment, and rocket are set to arrive in Cornwall this week ahead of the first satellite launch from the UK.
The UK government made a statement today, committing not to destructively test direct ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missiles.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
Two UK-based companies are designing missions to clear hazardous space junk alongside the launch of a new programme to back cutting-edge space technology.
The UK is playing an important role in NASA's Artemis programme to return humans to the Moon and beyond.
Space start-ups generated almost 拢9 million in investment and created 80 new jobs after taking part in a UK Space Agency-backed business support programme.
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and the UK Space Agency will investigate ways to collaborate more closely.
A teenager from Derby has won a competition run by the UK Space Agency calling for innovative ideas on how satellites can improve life on Earth.
A team from the University of Glasgow has won a government-run competition to develop a climate change satellite for launch from the UK.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Secured through the Space to Innovate Campaign 鈥� Bravo Drop, five innovative organisations have won funding to develop technologies that enhance the UK鈥檚 ability to safely operate in space
Funding for pioneering new space technologies will help to cut carbon emissions, improve energy security and enhance the UK鈥檚 reputation as a science superpower.
A research satellite from RHEA Group, built by Open Cosmos, completes the line-up of satellites set to launch from Spaceport Cornwall this year.
Virgin Orbit鈥檚 next satellite launch will take place from the UK, following the success of the 鈥淪traight Up鈥� mission.
Europe's two-part mission to Mars
InSight is investigating the interior structure and composition of Mars, uncovering how a rocky body forms and evolves to become a planet.
The new measures will demonstrate the UK鈥檚 commitment, ambition and drive to improve the UK鈥檚 sustainable use of space.
The UK Government will invest 拢30 million to secure the UK鈥檚 leading role in developing a space telescope to explore exoplanets.
Gaia鈥檚 latest major data release reveals new detail on nearly 2 billion stars, providing largest ever catalogue of information on stars in our galaxy.
A new European Space Agency science mission, proposed by the UK, to 3D-map a comet for the first time has reached a major milestone.
Dstl's miniaturised space weather instrumentation suite will be aboard Virgin Orbit which is aiming to launch from Spaceport Cornwall later in 2022.
A 12-year-old from Hampshire has been named the winner of Blue Peter鈥檚 Awesome Orbit competition to design an emblem that will go on one of the first satellites to launch from the UK this summer.
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