Tag: UKSA
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UK Spaceport at Sutherland enters public consultation phase
The UK’s new domestic spaceport in the Scottish Highlands has moved into a public consultation phase. Space Hub Sutherland is hoping to launch up to 10 small sat missions per year. Development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), which is backing the £17.3m project to design and build Space Hub Sutherland, lodged a proposal of…
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Orbex reveals Prime’s second stage as it prepares for UK domestic launches
UK launch services provider Orbex has unveiled a completed engineering prototype of the second stage for its Prime rocket at the opening of its new headquarters and rocket design facility in Forres in the Scottish Highlands. Prime is a small satellite launcher that is set to be the first UK rocket to launch UK satellites from…
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UK space sector on an upward trajectory after decades on the sidelines
The UK Space Agency released the latest survey into the health of the UK space sector this week, showing significant growth in revenue and job creation. Authored by London Economics, the report shows the UK space industry has reversed a small contraction in 2014/15 to grow exponentially in recent years in a timely prelude to gaining domestic…
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Soyuz 2-1B lofts Meteor M2 and Scotland’s first satellite
A Russian Soyuz 2-1B rocket has successfully launched the Meteor M2 satellite along with a number of companions, including Scotland’s first satellite, on Tuesday. Launch of the satellites – coverage of which was “blacked out” from the media with just 30 minutes notice – took place at 15:58 GMT from Site 31/6 at the famous…
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UK’s TechDemoSat-1 to ride uphill on Russian Soyuz
An innovative UK satellite has been confirmed for a late 2013 launch on a Soyuz rocket. Led by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), TechDemoSat-1 (TDS-1) is an impressive box of tricks that will carry eight experimental payloads into space, including the ability to end its own life at the end of its technology demonstration mission.…
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ESA sign big money deal with Astrium UK for Solar Orbiter
On the 50th anniversary of Britain’s first journey into space, the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a 300 million Euro deal with Astrium UK – one of the largest ever contracts to be signed between the ESA Science Programme and a UK company – for the construction of Europe’s next generation solar orbiter called…