February 2018
Our space future lies in innovation
... to have up to date and detailed maps of Earth and so on - and only satellites can do that. Merlin satellite. Will ‘Brexit’ have an impact on European space? The result of the United Kingdom referendum obviously raises a number of issues and...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
... have to wait until the consequences of the UK’s decision to leave the EU are fully understood and only once Brexit has actually taken place. There is therefore still enough time for the 27 other member states of the...
March 2021
Eyes on the prize
... huge investments in the British space industry, one example being its £400 million investment in OneWeb. Post-Brexit it has pledged to double down on its commitment to increase R&D spending across the UK to levels not seen previously. Space...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
... its role in determining strategy and becoming more focused on delivery. Britain’s separation from the European Union, ‘Brexit’, and the challenges around access to Galileo and positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services, have added...
October 2025
Europe’s unified vision for space governance and growth
... exchanges came during a panel on ‘Delivering Autonomy’, where a question was raised about the Act’s impact on post-Brexit UK operators, now classified as part of a “third country” under EU law. Asked how the regulation might affect UK-based...
21 November 2023
Britain announces plan to launch EO satellite
... plenary that the UK had also increased its involvement in Copernicus, which had previously been uncertain following Brexit. The new pathfinder satellite, of the same design and to be launched in the same orbital plane as three others...
