Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format 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. … Continue reading
