The UK space sector is to receive a further boost with the development of a government funded facility. Located at Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, some £99M of government funding will help build a National Satellite Testing Facility. The space sector forms a key part of the Government’s Industrial Strategy to spread economic growth ...
Work is underway on the construction of a new rocket engine test facility at Westcott Venture Park in the UK. The facility will fire the engine core of the European Space Agency-backed Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE) propulsion system within the next three years. The SABRE scoops up atmospheric air during the ...