The Space Partnership has developed a set of infographics to map UK space organisations across the 7 capability subsectors to support the delivery of the UK Space Strategy. These Capability Subsector Infographics are contained within our UK Space Sector Organisations infographic pack, which can be accessed here. We regularly update these infographics, so please contact us to suggest amends.
These infographics build on the previous work conducted through the Space Partnership, including facilitating 275 representatives from across industry, academia and government to develop 22 top-level narrative Capability Roadmaps. This process increased understanding and alignment between the stakeholder groups and informed the selection of the four subsectors prioritised in the UK Space Strategy for faster development: Space Domain Awareness, In-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM), Satellite Communications (SatCom) and Assured Access to Space. (The 22 Capability Roadmaps developed in 2023-24 are available here.)
In collaboration with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science, and Trade, UK Space Agency and Satellite Applications Catapult, the Space Partnership is facilitating a series of workshops bringing industry, academia and government together to support the development of the Space Workforce Action Plan. The Space Partnership is currently facilitating the Space Skills Advisory Panel to progress work on the delivery plans for the actions.
Small sat manufacturing was raised by representatives from all stakeholder groups during different Space Partnership activities. After conducting desk research, the Space Partnership held two virtual workshops to consider the importance of small sat manufacturing to the delivery of the National Space Strategy and the required interventions and commissioned ByrceTech to produce a pictorial representation of the UK small sat manufacturing value chain to provide a solid foundation for further discussions. The infographic shows Today i.e. companies who have flight heritage with hardware that has been manufactured in the UK, and the Future i.e. companies with flight heritage plus companies with plans to launch hardware that has been manufactured in the UK. We continue to welcome feedback.
Through a series of workshops in 2023, the Space Partnership facilitated a cross-sector discussion on the long-term vision for UK engagement with ESA. These informed discussions at the Space Partnership Board throughout 2024 and 2025 in the run up to the ESA Council of Ministers.
The Space Partnership has facilitated 3 discussions on future hybrid satcom networks and is working to understand the user terminal supply chain in the UK. In 2023, the Space Partnership supported the MOD Space Academy pilot 2-day ‘Space Operations Awareness’ course at Harwell to explore the overlap in skills needs between defence and civil space.
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We also host a virtual 1-hour Engagement Forum every quarter to update the UK space sector on our recent activities with industry, academic, and government stakeholders.
We are keen to engage knowledge and expertise from across the UK space sector, so we attend conferences, join group meetings and meet with organisations as per our Engagement Guidelines.
We welcome ideas for new projects that fulfil the Space Partnership Project Criteria: each project must have a clear need for industry, academia and government to come together to address a specific priority, clear deliverables, and agreed contributions from the stakeholders before the Space Partnership team takes it forward.
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