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Government ministers visited Spaceport Cornwall today (8th November 2022) ahead of the first satellite launch from UK soil later this month.
Science Minister Nusrat Ghani visits Italy to meet with European Space Agency (ESA).
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
Science Minister Nusrat Ghani has unveiled a new 拢15 million fund for UK businesses to revolutionise satellite communications technology.
A 72ft (22m) life-size replica of the first rocket that will launch from UK soil later this year went on display outside the Science Museum in London this weekend (15-16 October).
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.
Dr Joel Mozer and his team met Defence Science and Technology Laboratory staff and toured the HERMES satellite ground control station at Portsdown West.
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
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.
A dancing robot dog called SPOT stole the show at the UK Atomic Energy Authority鈥檚 (UKAEA) first robotics open event at Culham Science Centre on Saturday.
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