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UK Space Agency

  • Orbex: Rocket-maker secures £20m investment from UK government ahead of take off

    Business

    The UK government has invested £20m in rocket-maker Orbex as it prepares to build and launch from its site in the Shetland Islands. The injection of funding is expected to help back Orbex’s Prime, the first UK-manufactured and UK-launched orbital rocket.   Prime is scheduled to take off towards the end of this year at the [...]

    Orbex has secured a £20m investment from the UK government.
  • Rolls-Royce wins major nuclear funding boost from UK Space Agency

    Business

    Rolls-Royce has won a major funding boost from the UK Space Agency which will help boost its bid to provide nuclear power in space.

    The Rolls-Royce Micro-Reactor could enable many space operations, including propulsion for satellites.
  • Seraphim Space investment trust manager sells assets to itself to unlock value

    Investment trusts

    Seraphim Space investment trust has sold its stake in all nine of its early stage companies to a new venture capital fund managed by Seraphim.

    Seraphim Space is the best performing investment trust in 2024, having added 60 per cent since the beginning of the year.
  • Rolls-Royce taps funding for nuclear-powered space missions

    April 8, 2024

    Rolls Royce is among the beneficiaries of a fresh funding round from the UK Space Agency to develop cutting-edge space technologies.

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