https://spacewatch.global/tag/brexit/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:07:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/brexit/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/10/espi-ac25-george-freeman-on-europes-space-power-potential-and-uk-cooperation/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68711 In this interview, Torsten Kriening, Publisher of SpaceWatch.Global, speaks with George Freeman, MP, former UK Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, about Europe’s space ambitions, the UK’s position, and the importance of collaboration in a changing geopolitical landscape.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/esa-offers-the-uk-alternatives-to-copernicus-project/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 06:15:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41629 Brussels may shut the UK out of the Horizon science programme, the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation, and block the UK’s involvement in the EU’s Copernicus environment monitoring Earth observation programme as part of post-Brexit trading agreements for Northern Ireland. Britain’s participation in the Euratom nuclear research partnership is also likely to change.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/01/spacewatchgl-interviews-kai-uwe-schrogl-a-challenging-presidency-a-bright-perspective-for-europe-in-space/ Tue, 05 Jan 2021 09:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29393 With the end of the year, Germany passed on the EU Council Presidency. After six months of tumultuous political developments and an intensification of the COVID-19 crisis, Germany was able to finalize the big dossiers relevant for the next years.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/uk-loses-galileo-and-egnos-but-can-continue-with-copernicus-and-esa/ Tue, 29 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29383&preview=true&preview_id=29383 UK loses Galileo and Egnos but can continue with Copernicus and ESA]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/uks-proposed-sovereign-gnss-system-on-hold-due-to-debate-on-requirements/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20161 The proposed sovereign Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) announced by the British government after the decision to leave the European Union (EU), and the subsequent lockout of the British space industry from the EU's Galileo GNSS programme, is reportedly on hold due to intensive debates between British polticians and officials over the UK's GNSS requirements and what a sovereign system should look like.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/spacewatchgl-oped-britains-national-space-council-putting-the-bloody-union-jack-on-top-of-spacepower/ Sun, 06 Oct 2019 08:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16162 https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/spacewatchgl-oped-britains-vital-strategic-interests-in-space/ Sun, 19 May 2019 08:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14175 There are thousands of dedicated space professionals in the UK, who, between them, have established a world-class reputation in space science, commercial space and engineering, and in certain national security space operations.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/spacewatchgl-oped-will-europe-lose-its-way-to-the-moon/ Sun, 21 Apr 2019 08:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13643 U.S. Vice President Mike Pence gave a remarkable “Kennedy” style speech on 26 March 2019 in Huntsville, Alabama, where he stated that the United States will put Americans on the Moon again - in as soon as five years. China demonstrated, with Chang'e 4, their capability to land on the far side of the Moon. Israeli NGO SpaceIL’s Beresheet spacecraft, though ultimately unsuccessful in its soft landing, did reach the Moon’s surface on 11 April 2019. This has all happened without Europe. SpaceWatch.Global Chairman, Dr. John B. Sheldon, shares his thoughts on Europe's ability to carry out Moonshots in the 21st century.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/u-s-think-tank-publishes-report-on-brexit-and-its-impact-on-the-uk-space-sector/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 05:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13417 The impending separation of the United Kingdom from the European Union (or “Brexit”) will have a seismic effect upon British society and commerce, and the growing British space sector will be no exception. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/brexit-in-orbit-uk-space-industry-added-3400-jobs-in-two-years-in-spite-of-uncertainty/ Wed, 06 Feb 2019 06:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12683 The UK's space sector has seen significant growth in income, exports and employment with total income now standing at 14.8 billion pounds (U.S.$19.2 billion), Science Minister Chris Skidmore has announced.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/brexit-in-orbit-brexit-fears-prompt-inmarsat-to-move-ean-out-of-london/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12370 Inmarsat is set to move its European Aviation Network out of London as a result of the Brexit threat. The move, expected to happen before April, will see EAN operate out of Luxembourg but Inmarsat itself will remain headquartered in London.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/british-military-space-warfare-in-space-domain-part-of-uk-modernising-defence-programme-review/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 06:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12024 In an announcement made to the British Parliament on 18 December 2018, UK Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson announced that a wide-ranging review of defence policy and capabilities that aims to prepare British armed forces for 21st Century warfare with peer powers is about to be concluded]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/british-military-space-uks-dstl-puts-out-tender-for-project-oberon-sar-satellite/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 06:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11840 The UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down has issued a tender for the development of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite reconnaissance system that weighs less than 500 kilograms, with the aim of having an on-orbit demonstrator satellite by 2022 and the start of an operational constellation for the UK's Ministry of Defence by 2025, subject to funding, according to a report in Wired UK.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/brexit-lost-in-orbit-uk-officially-withdraws-from-galileo-uk-space-minister-resigns/ Mon, 03 Dec 2018 06:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11707 Britain has officially withdrawn from the European Union’s (EU) Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) because of fears that the UK will have no influence over the technological and policy direction of the satellite project after the country leaves the EU early in 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/spacewatchgl-oped-brexits-shadow-an-update-on-uk-space-policy-developments/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 08:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10625 The passage of the UK Space Industry Act 2018 into law has not, as yet, seen any further developments, however crucial questions in relation to liability, insurance and charging still need to be addressed. There has been a call for evidence to inform on these crucial regulatory aspects and once these questions are addressed, then there will be something of a clearer picture as to the regulatory environment of UK Space Activity.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/spacewatchgl-oped-uk-the-next-space-hub/ Sun, 19 Aug 2018 08:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9975 The UK space sector is on the cusp of entering a new and golden age. As a country, the UK already has a thriving space sector with leading companies that have pioneered the small satellite industry, for example. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/spacewatchgl-interviews-daniel-campbell-of-effective-space/ Sun, 12 Aug 2018 08:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9873 UK-based Effective Space is set to launch its first Space Drone spacecraft in 2020 which will introduce life extension services to satellite operators. The company has received very encouraging feedback on its plans and other potential lines of business such as accommodating new constellations in LEO.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/swgl-feature-post-brexit-british-space-policy-requires-strategic-approach-space-policy-experts/ Sun, 03 Jun 2018 07:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8848 What are the prospects for Britain cooperating with other countries around the world to meet its satellite navigation needs after it leaves the European Union? Is such cooperation a good use of scarce financial and industrial resources for these countries? Dr. John B. Sheldon, Chairman and President of ThorGroup GmbH and publisher of SpaceWatch.Global, reports.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/eu-adjustment-galileo-role-forces-uk-consider-rival-system/ Thu, 26 Apr 2018 05:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8472 The UK is seriously considering the development of its own satellite navigation system as a reaction to the “adjustment” of UK involvement in the EU Galileo programme, post Brexit. A row has erupted between London and Brussels after the EU revealed that UK companies could potentially be prevented from having any more involvement in the programme which was initiated in the 1990s and into which the UK has already pumped 1.4 billion euros. In addition, it has been hinted by the EU that there could be trust issues with sharing sensitive information with the UK after Brexit is concluded.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/11/uk-space-commercial-scientific-excellence-political-uncertainty/ Sun, 13 Nov 2016 08:00:57 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=2053 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]>