TL;DR: UK startup Space Forge launched ForgeStar-1, the nation's first in-space manufacturing satellite, via SpaceX to produce semiconductors using space's unique conditions. Designed in Cardiff, this ...

A UK-built satellite has been blasted into space – and the minister for space says that more is to come. The satellite, named Biomass and built to keep watch over Earth, was sent into space from ...

A landmark space mission built on UK research excellence is set to accelerate progress in quantum communications, as the ...

Scientists at Lancaster University have studied satellite images of the UK to produce the most accurate assessment yet on how much land solar farms occupy. The study, in collaboration with NextEnergy ...

Vodafone carried out what it claims is the UK’s first satellite-enabled smartphone video call earlier this year. The call was made from a mountain in Ceredigion, west Wales The UK is poised to become ...

A false-color image of the United Kingdom acquired by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-3A satellite. Credit: ESA TAMPA, Fla. — New research released by the UK Space Agency underscores the ...

GMV is leading the development of a secure two-way satellite time and frequency transfer system under the European Space Agency’s TOUCAN project. The initiative safeguards critical infrastructure by ...

British companies developing satellite communications technology are to receive £30 million (€34.5bn) in government funding, Space Minister Liz Lloyd announced this week, as the UK looks to secure a ...

If you live in a rural area of the UK, you may soon be able to use your phone for satellite calls, messages and other standard data use. On Tuesday, the nation's telecom regulator, Ofcom, proposed ...

The Skynet 6A satellite is undergoing component testing at the National Satellite Test Facility. Credit: STFC RAL Space LONDON—The UK Defense Ministry is looking to set up a single organization to ...