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Pioneering space technology given government cash boost

Air March 18, 2021

Five UK organisations have been awarded a total of £300,000 from the UK Space Agency to speed up the development of innovative space technology. Recipients include the University of Leeds, which will develop 3D printing methods and liquid-crystal technology, similar to that in our television screens at home, to develop far-infrared ...

UK commits new funding to combat space debris

Air June 2, 2020

New government funding for innovative solutions to tackle the growing problem of potentially hazardous space debris, has been announced. There are an estimated 900,000 pieces of space debris larger than 1 cm orbiting the Earth, with only a small proportion of them tracked. The UK Space Agency is providing up to £1 ...

Canadian space sector representatives visit Britain

Air March 4, 2020

Representatives from the Canadian space sector have arrived in Britain to explore opportunities within the UK Space Agency. A delegation of Canadian space sector representatives will visit the Harwell Space Cluster in Oxfordshire as well as facilities in Glasgow and Surrey Research Park. The visit, led by the High Commission of ...

UK-built communications system to be sent to the International Space Station

Air February 20, 2020

COLKa, a UK-designed communications system, will launch from Virginia and travel to the ISS. The communications system, COLKa (Columbus Ka-band Terminal), is designed to provide astronauts with direct links to Europe at the speed of home broadband. The fridge-sized device is due to launch aboard a Cygnus supply ship from Wallops ...