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Logo of the UK Space Agency. On 1 April 2010, the government established the UK Space Agency, an agency responsible for the British space programme. It replaced the British National Space Centre and now has responsibility for government policy and key budgets for space, as well as representing the UK in all negotiations on space matters.
2000th launch of the R-7 series of rockets since their introduction in 1957. 27 December 01:03 [148] [199] Kinetica 1: Y6 Jiuquan LS-130 CAS Space: DEAR-3 (B300-L01) AZSpace Low Earth Technology demonstration: In orbit: Launch Failure Yinglong 1 TBA: Low Earth TBA: In orbit: Launch Failure Yangwang 2 Origin Space Low Earth TBA: In orbit: Launch ...
Second consecutive failure of a UK-launched Trident missile. 7 February [230] T-Minus DART Esrange: T-Minus Engineering PRIME KTH: Suborbital Technology demonstration: 7 February: Partial failure First of two anticipated launches for the PRIME launch campaign. The payloads were deployed prematurely but still managed to gather some useful data.
The Scottish Government’s innovation minister Richard Lochhead said: “This milestone heralds a new era for space in Scotland. “As the UK’s first licensed vertical spaceport, SaxaVord and ...
A site at the northern-most point of the Shetland Islands has become the UK’s first licensed spaceport for vertical rocket launches. SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst has been granted the licence by ...
The Sutherland spaceport, also known as Space Hub Sutherland or UK Vertical Launch (UKVL) Sutherland, is a planned spaceport to be located in Sutherland in Scotland. It would be one of the first vertical launch capable spaceports in the United Kingdom, [ note 1 ] and operated by a commercial entity.
Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson’s company is planning a launch from Spaceport Cornwall at Cornwall Airport Newquay. Virgin Orbit secures licences for UK’s first space launch Skip to main content
Space Centre Australia secured land for main site facilities for space launch, located 43km east of Weipa, close to RAAF Scherger in 2023. [90] Final approvals may come under Mokwiri Aboriginal Corporation. [90] Previously a Cape York Space Agency was established by the government to develop a facility for Ukrainian Zenit launches at