30 May 2023
Virgin Orbit cuts its losses and ceases operations
... percent of its workforce. As part of its wider programme to deliver commercial launch capabilities to Britain, the UK Space Agency (UKSA) was strongly supportive of Virgin Orbit's first mission from Cornwall Spaceport, which is located on the south...
18 November 2020
AstroAgency secures funding for Scottish Space Leadership Council
...sector has been awarded a development grant from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) to establish a space hub on behalf of the Scottish Space Leadership Council (SSLC). Space start-up AstroAgency will use the financial support to advance the SSLC into a fully...
July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
... been extensively criticised as disproportionately disadvantaging UK manufacturing. In a consultation document on CubeSats promulgated in June 2015, the UK Space Agency (UKSA) recognised that the OSA regulatory regime was not well suited to deal with...
15 March 2021
Edinburgh Women in Space Conference 2021
... to the President of the Canadian Space Agency, Yvette Hopkins, Executive Vice-President of the Shetland Space Centre, and Sue Horne, Head of Space Exploration at the UK Space Agency (UKSA). Edinburgh Women in Space is a brand-new, student-organised...
25 November 2025
Spaceflux awarded multimillion-pound contracts for space surveillance and tracking
... and tracking (SST) data across multiple orbital regimes. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) and the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) contracts, awarded under the National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) framework, secure Spaceflux’s central role in delivering...
08 February 2019
New Orbex rocket revealed
... coast is an important development for the £17.3 million project, which is funded by development agency Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) and the UK Space Agency (UKSA). Charlotte Wright, HIE chief executive, said: “Today is a significant day for...
