UK – National Programme Update Space EU

Catherine Mealing-Jones

Director, UK Space Agency

February 2012

UK Key Messages 1. The UK Space Scene has changed –

architecture and attitude 2. Strategic focus on capturing growth

opportunities and potential underpins the overall strategy

3. UK Space Agency will drive that strategy and harness ambition for the sector

Aim to set the picture for the opportunities available and how to engage with them.

An evolving UK space sector Formation of UK Space Agency 2011 Industry-led strategy to grow the sector over 20

years (‘Space IGS’) Goal to win 10% of £400B global market by 2030

Establishment of an ESA presence in the UK Creation of the International Space Innovation

Centre at Harwell: May 2011 Satellite Applications Catapult Centre:

Announced January open Autumn 2012 Civil Space Strategy & HMG Growth Reviews 2012 – Proposed revised refocused strategy...

UK Strategy 'To lead and sustain the growth of the UK space sector'

• Commercial exploitation and deliver policy from EO data & analysis

• Exploit Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)

Policy and Programme Priorities • National

space policy • European

space policy • Global

partnerships • Technology • Education,

Skills & Outreach

• Telecoms and navigation

• New applications for Government and business

• Exploit investment in Galileo

• ESA exploration & science missions

• robotic exploration for science , technology and inspiration

• UK in a global framework

Growth: the key to the UK Space sector

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9% growth per annum for a decade

Source: The Size and Health of the UK Space Industry’ (November 2010), Oxford Economics

UK Strengths Both upstream and downstream • Telecoms, broadcast and navigation, • World-class science and research • Small and larger satellite manufacturing • Earth observation • Finance and insurance • Software design and systems integration

..... And much more

New and growing areas • Growth of international telecommunications and navigation

services and applications; • Provision of information systems to support carbon trading and

climate change initiatives • Systems for space surveillance to alert us to natural and man-

made hazards which threaten critical space infrastructure; • Innovative launch systems; • Services to support space exploration; and space tourism • Data processing and analysis. • Instrumentation • Materials • Energy, fuels and propulsion

...Again there are many more – the key is to reach into new areas and take from a broader base

A unique UK success story

• The UK-led Disaster Monitoring Constellation has seven satellites in orbit

• UK Space Agency funded the first UK DMC satellite

• Two more under construction by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

Harwell Science & Innovation Campus

• Created in 2006 to build on the outstanding existing science and technology facilities

• Researchers at Harwell are working in fields as diverse as fusion energy, climate change and medical science.

• Facilities already available include X-ray and neutron radiation sources and a Peta-Watt class laser

• Existing Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Space Science and Technology Department

Technology Strategy Board and the Satellite Applications Catapult

•Key UK Space Agency partner and final piece in growth Jigsaw •Partnership on telecoms and navigation and on National Space Technology Strategy •Brings access to the broader base •Provides technology demonstration opportunities •Innovation and accelerated R & D into business use

UK Key Messages 1. The UK Space Scene has changed –

architecture and attitude 2. Strategic focus on capturing growth

opportunities and potential underpins the overall strategy

3. UK Space Agency will drive that strategy and harness ambition for the sector

Aim to set the picture for the opportunities available and how to engage with them.

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