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26 joint proposals from potential spaceports and operators proves strong interest in UK market for small sat launch and sub-orbital flight.

The UK Space Agency is working with research institutions, industry and non-profit organisations to develop strong international partnerships to help tackle economic, societal and environmental issues using satellite technology.

As the Cassini spacecraft makes its unprecedented series of weekly dives between Saturn and its rings, the UK is at the centre of a surprising early insight - the planet's magnetic field has very little discernable tilt.

AlSat Nano has been successfully operating in orbit for over 9 months. As it approaches its one year milestone we provide a status update and a summary of mission impact so far.

Sunday 23 July 2017 marks the 55th anniversary of the first public satellite television broadcast from the United States to Britain and mainland Europe.

A UK-built satellite which will be part of Europe’s world-leading environmental monitoring programme – Copernicus – is ready for launch.

Young space entrepreneurs have been offered support for their ideas on using satellite data to improve life on Earth after taking part in a Dragons’ Den style event with leading industry experts.

A mission searching for habitable planets orbiting alien stars has been given the green light to move into the construction phase.

1,200 people from across the global space sector gathered in Manchester at the end of May for the largest ever UK Space Conference.

The Cassini probe has today begun the first of 22 dives in between the rings of Saturn and the planet's atmosphere.

The CEOI has reached its 10th anniversary, during which time it has funded more than 50 new technologies.

Nine young space entrepreneurs have won a share of £50K for innovative ideas on how to use satellite data to improve life on Earth.

The UK Space Agency has awarded just under £150,000 to three business incubation centres across the UK.

The UK Space Agency has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive, Graham Turnock.

The UK Space Agency and partners brought together government and industry to enable satellite launches from the UK by 2020.

A leading UK technology company has reached the landmark stage of delivering the first key imaging components of Euclid, a pioneering ESA mission to observe billions of faint galaxies and investigate the nature of dark matter and dark energy.

Young people have the chance to win £10,000 in a competition to come up with ideas on how to use satellite data to improve life on Earth.

UK space businesses have won £70 million of funding for projects that will deliver practical help to developing countries.

A UK company is at the forefront of NASA’s latest Earth observation mission to see inside tropical storms and hurricanes like never before.

The Agency’s latest survey of the UK space industry, carried out every two years, shows that the sector has continued to grow strongly.

UK achieves outstanding success in European space innovation competitions, winning the top prize and four major awards.

British ESA astronaut Tim Peake has completed a highly successful tour of the UK since his return from space earlier this year.

£150,000 has been awarded to eight partners for exciting new education and outreach activities projects.

ESA's historic mission concluded as planned, with a controlled impact onto the comet it had investigated for over two years.

AlSat Nano, a joint CubeSat mission between the UK Space Agency and Algerian Space Agency, has successfully launched from India.

UK Space Agency announces £2m funding to help develop Earth observation satellite technologies and opens an online portal for satellite data

A joint CubeSat mission between the UK Space Agency and Algerian Space Agency (ASAL) has shipped to India for launch in late September.

Rosetta's comet lander, Philae, has finally been found less than a month before the mission ends.