Uk Space Agency
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This gives an overview of our purpose and role, our strategy and our key targets and milestones.
Update: November 2023
This years annual update to the UK Space Agencys Corporate Plan summarised in the tables above revises the spending profile and milestones published in our 2022 Corporate Plan. We have updated our key targets, milestones and budgets for 2023/24 and 2024/25.
Amongst other changes to the milestones and budget allocations published in 2022 we have:
- increased our spending on Levelling Up through the landmark new programme the Space Clusters Infrastructure Fund (SCIF). SCIF supports the development of space R&D infrastructure across the UK, increasing its capacity and leveraging significant private investment into the sector. SCIF will enable the development of facilities to test and manufacture innovative products and accelerate them to market, supporting the growth of UK Space businesses and creating new jobs across the UK. SCIF supports delivery of the vision set out in the National Space Strategy to build one of the most innovative and attractive space economies in the world
- deferred some expected Launch activity into future years. The UK Space Agency is currently developing Phase Two of the programme (subject to HM Treasury approval), which will build on Phase One to support a commercially sustainable UK launch capability. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is also considering where further government support may be required over the longer term, following the conclusion of Phase Two, to ensure a successful UK launch industry that delivers growth to the economy
- deferred some expected spending on our Inspiration Priority to future years in order to maximise the impact and reach of activities. Concurrently the UK Space Agency will generate new inspirational activity with respect to our UK astronauts, as well as scaling up the most impactful and established projects. The UK Space Agencys involvement in ESA projects and missions agreed at CMIN 22 will also provide inspirational value while not directly contributing to our Inspiration Priority.
We have also added two corporate metrics in this years corporate planning refresh, to:
- track UK geographical return (geo-return) from ESA to understand how the value of contracts issued to UK industry compares to the UK Space Agencys contribution to ESA
- measure staff confidence that the UK Space Agency will act on scores obtained from the annual Civil Service People Survey
The financial table shows that the total programme budget increased from 1,750m in the originally published 3-year plan to 1,858.3m. This reflects additional budget made available in-year to the agency for additional investments in Earth Observation Programmes.
The financial and delivery timeline information in this publication was accurate as of 19 June 2023 and does not include changes made since this date. These changes will be included in the next publication of the