News - UK Space Agency

2025-01-09, 13:21 UK Space Agency

Artist's impression of the BepiColombo satellite.BepiColombo is a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), with significant UK ...

2024-12-31, 08:03 UK Space Agency

Lizzie Kerr and Roy Gibson.Roy Gibson, the first Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA) has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) while Lizzie Kerr, former Director of the trade ...

2024-12-13, 17:58 UK Space Agency

November saw a decrease in collision alerts compared to October. More monitorable objects re-entered the Earth's atmosphere month-on-month but we expect the average monthly numbers to decrease as ...

2024-12-11, 11:52 UK Space Agency

Lunar Pathfinder is a single spacecraft designed by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) that will offer commercial communication services to lunar orbiters and surface assets such as rovers and ...

2024-12-06, 14:54 UK Space Agency

The Sentinel-1C satellite launched on a VEGA-C rocket and will orbit 700km above the Earth's surface. Part of Europe's Copernicus programme, it will use advanced radar technology to provide ...

2024-11-27, 20:23 UK Space Agency

Credit: ARIEL space mission / ESAAriel will help scientists understand the key processes which form planetary systems and affect how they evolve.Thousands of exoplanets have now been discovered with ...

2024-11-27, 19:52 UK Space Agency

Artist's rendering of the JWST observatory. Credit: NASAThe UK in the James Webb Space TelescopeNASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is looking further back in time than any other telescope, to ...

2024-11-27, 19:37 UK Space Agency

Artist's impression of SMOS in orbit. Credit: ESA.A greater understanding of soil moisture and ocean salinity will lead to better forecasting of weather and extreme-weather events.Soil moisture and ...

2024-11-27, 08:04 UK Space Agency

Despite the significant progress made on superfast and gigabit-capable broadband, certain remote and rural locations across the UK still face challenges where satellites offer the only practical ...

2024-11-20, 16:23 UK Space Agency

The event is back in 2025, following the success of the inaugural conference in 2024. The 2025 event will be triple the size, reflecting the demand amongst the ISAM community both in the UK and ...