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UKIZ managed account · 1 Sep 2026

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Better WiFi on remote trains and access to cutting edge tech for British farmers through £13 million boost to drive next-gen satellite communications

More reliable broadband on remote Scottish railways and affordable sensors which help farmers grow more food.

Source: UK Space Agency

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UKIZ Space & Satellite Campus

UKIZ managed account · 1 Sep 2026

Space & Satellite TechnologiesAnnouncementUKIZ sourced

National Microgravity Research Centre opens in Swansea

The UK’s first National Microgravity Research Centre has been completed at Swansea University, marking the successful delivery of a £13 million project part-funded by the UK Space Agency.

Source: UK Space Agency

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UKIZ Space & Satellite Campus

UKIZ managed account · 1 Sep 2026

Space & Satellite TechnologiesAnnouncementUKIZ sourced

Made in Space: UK funding boosts breakthrough space technologies

UK Space Minister unveils more than £19 million at London Tech Week to support British companies developing next-generation space technologies.

Source: UK Space Agency

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SAE Media Group

UKIZ managed account · 1 Sep 2026

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Global MilSatCom 2026 convenes the military satellite communications community

Global MilSatCom is scheduled for 2 to 5 November 2026 in London, bringing together senior military, government and industry leaders focused on secure satellite communications.

Source: SAE Media Group

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Space & Satellite Technologies

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Build on Britain's small satellite position to hold more of the space value chain

The answer

Build on Britain's small satellite position to hold more of the space value chain.

  • Space data underpins climate, agriculture, defence, insurance and mobility.
  • Britain has genuine manufacturing leadership in small satellites.
  • Downstream applications are where the recurring revenue sits.

Why BritainGlasgow builds more small satellites than any other European city.The Harwell space cluster and the European Space Agency presence.Spaceport infrastructure in Cornwall and Scotland.

A rocket engine firing horizontally at night on a test stand, exhaust plume lit against the dark
Rocket engine hot-fire · SaxaVord Spaceport, Shetland · Latitude

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The Space & Satellite Technologies campus

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Illustrative aerial view of the UKIZ Space and Satellite Technologies digital campus, showing a satellite integration cleanroom, a ground-station antenna field and a data centre on a northern coast.Illustrative UKIZ campus. Not a proposed site.

What Britain already has

Research base

  • University of Glasgow
  • University of Surrey
  • University of Leicester
  • Open University

Infrastructure recorded

  • Assembly, integration and test facilities
  • Ground station networks
  • Launch capability
  • Data processing and compute

What Britain is genuinely good at

  • Harwell Space Cluster
  • Glasgow small satellite manufacturing
  • Satellite Applications Catapult
  • North East space and telecommunications activity

What we’re less certain about

  • Anchor customers and long procurement cycles
  • Capital intensity of launch and infrastructure
  • Skills competition with defence and aerospace

These are open questions UKIZ holds against this campus, not weaknesses we have proven.

Where the capability is

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The digital campus

Space & Satellite Technologies in Britain, as it stands today.

Britain builds more small satellites than most of Europe and captures comparatively little downstream data value. Launch sites and operators are licensed, but no orbital launch has yet been achieved from UK soil. The mission covers manufacture, launch, data and applications together.

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