Space is a difficult environment to work in, but even getting there is also difficult. We’re looking at some of those challenges with satellite launch failures, importance of data and why the UK is no closer to participating in the … Continue reading
This week we’re going to look at the implications of recent events at Spaceport Cornwall on the wider space sector, together with the latest financing news for the sector and the final demise of a satellite after almost 40 years … Continue reading
This blog changed significantly at 11.46pm on Monday evening with the tweet from Virgin Orbit ‘We appear to have an anomaly that has prevented us from reaching orbit. We are evaluating the information.’ This was the moment when the hopes … Continue reading
Last week the UK Government’s Science and Technology Committee published its report into the ‘UK Space Strategy and UK Satellite Infrastructure’. At over ninety-pages in length, there is a lot of detail and interesting comments within the document, with the … Continue reading
This week is World Space Week! It’s particularly interesting this year for the South West of the UK as Cornwall has taken a step closer to becoming a space launching nation! World Space Week takes place each year between the … Continue reading
The UK is getting closer to joining the club of satellite launching nations according to two announcements made last week, with progress being made for both horizontal and vertical launch facilities in Cornwall and Scotland respectively. Horizontal Satellite Launch It … Continue reading
An updated post for 2023 can be found here! According to the Index of Objects Launched into Outer Space, maintained by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), there were 8 261 individual satellites orbiting the Earth at … Continue reading
After looking at China in the previous blog, this time we’re highlighting the latest space capability developments within the UK and a few things have happened in the last week. Firstly, last Friday the UK launched Space Command – whilst … Continue reading
A briefing paper for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, titled Space-based Earth Observations For Climate Security by Bamber & Bates et al was published by the COP26 Universities Network earlier this month. COP26 is … Continue reading
On Monday I was part of the fantastic event Careers Launch Cornwall at Goonhilly Earth Station! It was for students aged between 15 and18 and aimed to introduce them to potential careers in space. It was organised in collaboration with … Continue reading
