In four weeks time, London will serve as the host city for the largest and most influential space industry event ever held in the UK, with global policymakers and business leaders gathering at Space-Comm Expo Europe, taking place 4th-5th March at ExCeL London.

Kingston-Upon-Thames based European Engineering Consultancy Ltd (EECL) has been awarded a £1.5 million contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver ground support equipment and environmental and space-qualification testing for a next-generation digital satellite payload.

Returning to STEM industries after a career break is now harder than ever, according to new research by STEM Returners, with bias against gender, age, ethnicity and a lack of recent experience penalising highly qualified people from getting a job.

Joint investments will advance quantum technology, boost digital connectivity and strengthen network resilience against cyber threats.

GMV are to lead the development of a secure Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer system under the TOUCAN project - funded by the UK Space Agency through the European Space Agency's Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (ESA NAVISP) - which is an important part of the UK Government's Framework for Greater PNT Resilience.

Dr Paul Bate will be stepping down as Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency at the end of March 2026.

Viasat today launched its next-generation satellite service portfolio, engineered to meet the evolving demands for government uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) operations worldwide, including intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), emergency response and special operations.

Two innovative projects will use satellite data and digital tools to help farmers make more informed decisions, boost productivity and care for the environment.

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) and Oxford Space Systems announced today the successful in-orbit deployment of Oxford Space Systems’ Wrapped Rib Antenna on SSTL’s CarbSAR In-Orbit Demonstration mission.

The search for the UK’s next defence unicorn has kicked off with the launch of a bespoke £20 million fund to offer accelerated contracts to small, innovative British startups who have had limited or no business with the Ministry of Defence.

The Farnborough International Airshow 2026, returning from 20th to 24th July, will be the largest and most ambitious event in its 78-year history, following record-breaking demand and the addition of a brand-new sixth exhibition hall.

Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a €16.5 million contract with prime contractor OHB System AG to provide the Propulsion Subsystem for European Space Agency's LISA- mission

A new Perspective article published in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes sets out a path to uncover the role of biofilms in health during long-duration spaceflight and how spaceflight research can reshape our understanding of these microbial communities on Earth.

UK based high resolution thermal intelligence company SatVu, that reveals operational activity and infrastructure performance from space, today announced the appointment of Scott Herman as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Teledyne Technologies' Space Imaging division has deployed its Speedster HyViSI (Hybrid Visible Silicon Imager) Focal Plane Arrays (FPAs) aboard NASA’s BlackCAT CubeSat Mission.

A new £20 million space innovation hub has officially opened in Buckinghamshire, supported by UK Space Agency funding, providing cutting-edge facilities to help space businesses grow and creating up to 300 jobs.

Airbus UpNext has launched a new demonstrator called Airbus UpNext SpaceRAN (Space Radio Access Network) - aimed at enabling standardised global connectivity by exploring advanced 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) capabilities - working with consortium partners including Southampton based AccelerComm.

ODU Connectors will be displaying all of their current AMC (Advanced Military Connectors) at the Specialist Defence and Security Convention-UK (SDSC-UK), taking place 3rd-5th February at the NEC Birmingham, which will include a couple of new items aimed specifically at rugged, embedded systems in the military and aerospace market.

The European Space Agency (ESA) and ClearSpace have initiated the PRELUDE mission which marks a transformative milestone for European space operations, serving as a pivotal step in validating critical technologies for in-orbit life extension and active debris removal (ADR).

NI SPACE is spearheading efforts to position Northern Ireland companies at the forefront of the UK's burgeoning space sector, through the launch and delivery of the NI Space Ready Programme.

Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by Eutelsat to build a further 340 OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites.

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Oxford Space Systems (OSS) have announced the launch of CarbSAR IOD, SSTL’s latest Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology demonstration satellite incorporating Oxford Space Systems’ Wrapped Rib Antenna, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket operated by SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

National IT Academy (NITA) Space Academy has commenced its first training programme in Earth Observation (EO), with an inaugural cohort of Saudi nationals, which forms part of a wider Space Academy initiative in collaboration with Serco as part of upskilling the kingdom’s future space workforces.

Global financial decision-makers and investors from across the space and financial services industries convened on Wednesday 10th December for the inaugural Global Space Finance Summit at the London Stock Exchange.

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) today celebrated the launch of the latest pair of Galileo First Generation satellites, SAT-33 and SAT-34 carrying SSTL payloads, which lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana aboard an Ariane 6 launch vehicle.

Skyports Drone Services (Skyports) has completed a move into its new flagship, purpose-built, Drone Operations Hub in Westcott Venture Park, equipping the company with a state-of-the-art centralised facility for its UK, European and global drone operations.

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems’ FAST Labs research, development and production organisation a $16 million Phase 2 contract for the Oversight programme.

The UK's first licensed spaceport, Spaceport Cornwall, has commenced work on a groundbreaking project with the National Drone Hub to establish a unique testing environment for uncrewed aerial systems (UAS).

GMV, through its subsidiaries in the UK and Portugal, in partnership with Loughborough University, has been awarded a contract under the European Space Agency’s NAVISP programme to develop BEACON, an advanced beamforming antenna and receiver system designed to improve the resilience of C-band radionavigation signals from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) ...

Korean launch provider INNOSPACE has selected Viasat’s rocket telemetry service for its first ever commercial launch, marking the first time this service will be used in a commercial mission carrying satellite payloads.

Viasat has announced that ITA Airways is being equipped with Iris technology, paving the way to trajectory-based operations which can cut emissions and enhance airline efficiency.

Eighteen space businesses across the UK will receive funding and support from their local space cluster to accelerate their commercial growth, as part of a pilot initiative designed to strengthen the UK's space sector supply chain.

A new research collaboration which fuses fashion and science is set to send bacteria into space – and the outcomes could create radiation-sensitive fabrics capable of preventing skin cancer on Earth and protecting space explorers on the Moon.

Cobham Satcom and Gatehouse Satcom today announced a strategic merger between Gatehouse Satcom and Cobham Satcom’s Network Division.

Bletchley based Pulsar Fusion has won an 18 month contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to advance its Hall-Effect Thruster technology in preparation for future space missions.

The UK Space Agency unveiled £17 million for 17 UK space projects through its National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP), at Space-Comm Expo in Glasgow.

A cluster of British designed and built satellites has been successfully launched into low Earth orbit, providing defence, security and civil sectors with UK space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to enhance the nation’s ability to protect against modern threats.

Filtronic has been awarded funding through the UK Space Agency National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP) to develop a high-power 550W Ka-Band Solid-State Power Amplifier (SSPA).

Scotland’s space sector will receive a major funding boost to accelerate breakthrough technologies and boost commercialisation, the UK Space Agency will announce today at Space-Comm Expo Scotland.

Airbus' fourth European Service Module (ESM-4) has reached a major milestone, as it began its journey last week to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, for Artemis IV.

New balloon-mounted space radiation probes developed by the Surrey Space Centre at the University of Surrey have captured their first measurements of a major solar storm, confirming the research team’s model, which indicates the flare caused the highest levels of radiation at aviation altitude in almost two decades.

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has announced a significant collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme’s International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO), reinforcing the UK’s leadership in tackling one of the most urgent climate challenges: methane emissions.

Space propulsion solutions provider, Nammo UK, has been confirmed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Thales Alenia Space to supply the main engine for the Argonaut Lunar Lander to support NASA’s Artemis programme.

Space Communication Technologies (SCT), Oman’s national satellite operator, has awarded a contract to Airbus Defence and Space for OmanSat-1, a fully reconfigurable high throughput OneSat telecommunications satellite and associated system.

UK-based specialist in space domain awareness (SDA) and space intelligence, Spaceflux Ltd, has won all three major multimillion-pound, multiyear UK government contracts to provide advanced space surveillance and tracking (SST) data across multiple orbital regimes.

BAE Systems has added new capabilities to its next-generation, radiation-hardened 12 nanometer (nm) Storefront.

GMV UK has taken a decisive step forward in the field of space safety with the development and implementation of an advanced collision avoidance capability for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations.

SaxaVord Spaceport has bolstered its growing team with two new senior appointments in operations as it prepares for first launch, with Ian Palmer joining as Director of Operations and Nadine Armiger-Drake as Spaceport Operations Manager.

The Airbus-built Sentinel-6B satellite has successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Konrad-Technologies UK Ltd (KT-UK) and RADX Technologies, Inc. (RADX) have entered a new partnership under which KT-UK will integrate solutions across the UK and EU.

Preparations are underway in California for the launch of the Sentinel-6B satellite, which will monitor global sea levels from space, with a UK propulsion system on board.

Provider of modular space software solutions, Bright Ascension, will officially launch its modular and reusable ground software development product, Helix Groundkit, at Space Tech Expo Europe 2025 in Bremen (18th–20th November), showing the new software in action.

The countdown is on for the biggest ever space industry event to be held in Scotland, now just three weeks away.

The biennial Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) - taking place next year, 18th-20th November 2026 - is to feature a dedicated focus on Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), consider efforts to build a more sustainable aviation infrastructure and explore defence and space business innovation.

The UK has concluded its tenure as Chair of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), marking a transformative year for the global Earth observation (EO) community.

The fourth European Service Module (ESM-4) is on its way from Airbus’ facilities in Bremen, Germany to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, where it will be tested and integrated with the Orion Crew Module ready for the next stage of NASA’s Artemis programme.

British Airways has signed a major deal with Starlink to provide every customer in every cabin with free Wi-Fi connectivity from next year, signifying a significant investment for the airline as part of its £7 billion transformation journey.

Provider of high-frequency RF solutions for space applications, Sedgefield based Filtronic, has secured a contract with a leading European aerospace manufacturer, to supply RF assemblies for integration into a major Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation programme.

At the Global MilSatCom conference in London today, Nik Smith, Director of Space at Lockheed Martin UK, told delegates that the UK should accelerate investment in sovereign, resilient space systems to safeguard national security and drive economic growth.

RTX’s Raytheon UK has been awarded a UK Space Agency contract to provide orbital analysts in support of the UK’s Space Domain Awareness mission.

The fourth satellite for the Sentinel-1 Copernicus mission successfully launched on board an Ariane 6 rocket from the European Spaceport in Kourou yesterday.

Sofant Technologies has achieved a major industry milestone by successfully demonstrating a fully functioning Ka band transmit array using its proprietary RF MEMS beamforming IC.

Airframe Designs has promoted Chris Fleet to a newly created Operations Director role as part of its plans to expand its specialist engineering and manufacturing services to the global aviation, defence and space sectors.

ALL.SPACE has formed a strategic partnership with Aalyria to advance autonomous, fully interoperable communications across multiple domains, specifically designed for defence scenarios where connectivity must survive beyond legacy single link satcom solutions.

British rocket and space technology company Skyrora has announced its participation as a prime contractor in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) General Support Technology Programme (GSTP), to develop Tanbium, a breakthrough alloy set to revolutionise rocket engine production with 3D printing.

An international team of researchers, including astronomers at the University of Surrey, has shed light on a decades-long debate about why galaxies rotate faster than expected and whether this behaviour is caused by unseen dark matter or a breakdown of gravity on cosmic scales.

SpainSat NG-II, the second Airbus-built new generation secure communications satellite for Spain, has been successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center, in the US.

Boeing has named the Rt Hon Sir Jeremy Quin as the new President of Boeing UK & Ireland.

Airbus, Leonardo and Thales, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at combining their respective space activities into a new company.

ALL.SPACE has been awarded €950,000 by the European Space Agency’s Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP), to develop an alternative Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) capability designed to operate in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-denied environments.

Provider of high-resolution thermal imaging from space, SatVu, has announced its participation in NATO’s Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space (APSS) initiative.

A groundbreaking new space manufacturing facility, supported by a £4.8 million UK Space Agency (UKSA) investment - that is expected to create 2,000 jobs - has been officially opened in Hardwicke, Gloucester, marking a significant milestone for the UK's space industry capabilities.

Viasat has announced an industry-first concept for business aviation that radically changes how in-flight connectivity performance is measured, aligned with a major new report by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School.

Getac Technology Corporation (Getac) has launched its new S510AD laptop, a powerful rugged PC built around AMD RyzenTM AI processing technology, for professionals who need advanced edge-AI performance in demanding field and industrial environments.

ADS - the UK trade association for aerospace, defence, security and space - has launched its Manifesto for next year’s Scottish Parliamentary elections, outlining a series of recommendations for the next five years.

The UK Space Agency is helping to support Wales' dynamic and fast-growing space sector, with a dedicated funding boost.

Space-Comm have confirmed plans for the biggest ever space industry event to be held in Scotland, organised in partnership with ADS Group, with support from the UK Space Agency and Space Scotland, representing both the UK and Scottish Governments.

The Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) has expanded its 2026 exhibition footprint with the addition of a new hall, following the selling out of space 12 months in advance of the event, breaking the previous sell-out record.

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), in partnership with CSIRO, University of Stirling, Pixalytics, RAL Space, Assimila and Deloitte, is advancing the AquaWatch programme through the UK Space Agency’s International Bilateral Fund (IBF) Call 2. Building on the successes of earlier IBF Call 2 AquaWatch-AUK project, this initiative ...

A British-built instrument has launched today as part of NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which will help scientists better understand the protective magnetic bubble surrounding our Solar System.

Advanced Engineering - taking place next month at the NEC, Birmingham (29th-30th October) - will focus on automation and robotics, sustainability, policy and the skills gap, whilst also highlighting additive manufacturing, advanced materials and composites, as well as aerospace, defence and satellite engineering.

BAE Systems is celebrating the successful launch of two spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center in Florida yesterday, supporting vital NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) space weather missions.

The University of Surrey and National Central University (NCU), Taiwan, have announced plans to work together on a broad programme of potential collaborations, identifying areas for future work, including the sharing of space radiation data, collaboration on the design of future instruments to measure it and the development of resilient space ...

Guildford based Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) and Space Norway AS (SPN) have signed a teaming agreement to collaborate on the development and international promotion of the satellite programme promising to deliver high resolution, wide swath radar imaging.

Six innovative projects will use satellite technology and AI to transform how Britain tackles climate change, manages transport networks and supports accessible travel, following £1.5 million in UK Space Agency funding.

The aerospace, defence, security and space sectors added £3.7 billion to Scotland’s economy in 2024, according to new data from ADS, equating to a 55% increase between 2020 and 2024.

MDA Space Ltd. has appointed Andrew Stanniland as Managing Director, MDA Space UK, effective from today.

Sedgefield based designer and manufacturer of advanced RF and microwave solutions, Filtronic, has secured its largest ever contract - valued at £47.3 million ($62.5m) - with its long-standing customer, SpaceX, for the Starlink high-speed internet service.

Oxford Space Systems and Lacuna Space have successfully deployed an additional two Oxford Space Systems helical antennas to add to Lacuna Space’s growing satellite Internet of Things (IoT) constellation.

The Boeing built X 37B Orbital Test Vehicle has launched on its eighth mission, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida and the vehicle is healthy on orbit and standard checkout.

Bright Ascension has officially launched its new US entity, Bright Ascension Inc.

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is to join the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) by April 2026, helping to streamline support for the UK’s growing space industry.

Scott Hammond is the new chief executive of SaxaVord Spaceport, the company announced today following the death of his friend and co-founder Frank Strang.

The UK Space Agency, in partnership with the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), has officially launched the UK Space Frontiers 2035: Astro, Planetary & Helio initiative, providing a strategic vision for the future of UK space science.

A suite of sensors designed and manufactured by Chelmsford based Teledyne Space Imaging have launched onboard the MetOp-SG-A1 satellite.

It is with great sadness that SaxaVord Spaceport today announced the death of its pioneering CEO and founder Frank Strang MBE at the age of 67 after a short battle with cancer.

The first of Europe’s next-generation meteorological satellites, MetOp-SG A1, has launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on board an Ariane 6 rocket.

Teledyne e2v today announced the immediate availability of Engineering Models for its new 16GB radiation-tolerant space-qualified DDR4 memory.

An industry-led body that represents Scotland’s fast-growing space sector, Space Scotland, has appointed Dr Natasha Nicholson as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), following an extensive and highly competitive recruitment process.

Skyrora has become the first British company to be awarded a spaceflight launch operator licence in the UK from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

As low Earth orbit becomes increasingly congested with aging satellites and fragmented debris and new satellites are launched at an accelerating pace, Astroscale has secured issuance of US Patent No. 12,234,043 B2 for its 'Method and System for Multi-Object Space Debris Removal'.

His Majesty King Charles has approved Professor Michele Dougherty, Executive Chair of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), as the new Astronomer Royal.