https://spacewatch.global/tag/uk-industrial-strategy/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 28 Jun 2019 05:00:43 +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/uk-industrial-strategy/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/06/israeli-satellite-technology-company-hisky-expands-presence-into-uk/ Fri, 28 Jun 2019 05:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14835 An innovative company looking to make satellite communications more accessible and affordable is set to create over 100 high-tech jobs in London and Oxfordshire.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/uk-space-agency-gives-oneweb-23-2-million-funding-for-next-gen-constellation/ Wed, 20 Feb 2019 06:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12809 Affordable worldwide internet coverage is one step closer as of 18 February 2019, after 18 million pounds (U.S.$23.2 million) of UK Space Agency funding was awarded to OneWeb through the European Space Agency (ESA), to aid the development of its next generation satellite constellation.]]> 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/uks-surrey-satellite-completes-eutelsat-quantum-small-geo-platform/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12312 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has completed the build of the platform for EUTELSAT QUANTUM, the world’s first geostationary telecommunications satellite that will be fully reconfigurable in orbit.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/singapore-and-uk-to-jointly-build-quantum-key-distribution-test-satellite/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 05:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10670 Singapore's National University of Singapore (NUS) and the United Kingdom's Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) RAL Space have signed an agreement that paves the way for the joint building of a Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) test satellite to be launched by late 2021.]]>