The UK Space Agency is opening new headquarters at the Harwell Science Campus’ Space Cluster in Oxfordshire, as well as with new offices in Scotland, Wales and the Midlands. Aligned […]
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Alba Orbital receives pocket-sized satellites launch contract
Alba Orbital has closed a large, multi-launch contract with Hello Space to launch four ‘rubik’s-cube-sized’ satellites via SpaceX — these PocketQubes, will be used to enhance global connectivity through IoT, following […]
Smiths Interconnect awarded million£ in funding from the UK Space Agency
Smiths Interconnect has received £1,907,065 in funding from the UK Space Agency through its Space Clusters Infrastructure Fund (SCIF) — this funding will be used by Smiths Interconnect to enhance […]
Spire is ESA’s newest member in Third Party Mission to promote radio frequency monitoring
The global company Spire, which specializes in using continuous global monitoring to track aircraft, ships and weather patterns using a large constellation of CubeSats, is now an ESA Third Party […]
German New Space companies launch Eva
Three German companies — Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), Yuri, and ATMOS Space Cargo (ATMOS) — have revealed their new partnership as well as the launch of their joint, end-to-end service […]
AstroAgency secures space expertise as UK economic growth is targeted
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), a governmental economic development agency that is focused on supporting a region of the UK with four developing spaceports and wider space cluster activity, has […]
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) secures million€€ investment from KKR
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) has raised a 30 million euros investment from KKR, a leading, global, investment firm. The fresh funding is a vote of confidence for RFA, as […]
Orbex’s facilities’ footprint expands 30% for UK mainland’s first vertical rocket launch
UK-based spaceflight company, Orbex, has extended its footprint by over thirty percent across its Scottish and Danish design and production facilities, in preparation for the launch of its Prime rocket. […]
Construction starts at Sutherland Spaceport in Scotland
Orbex has announced that construction has started at Sutherland Spaceport (formerly known as Space Hub Sutherland) in Scotland, making this the first vertical launch spaceport to be built on the […]
Orbex launches largest internship program in their build-up to the UK’s 1st mainland vertical rocket launch
Orbex is planning to launch the firm’s biggest internship program to date. The program aims to welcome as many as a dozen new interns, making it the largest cohort of […]