Http:// The UK Space Agency: Our plan for space Dr Alice Bunn, Director of Policy November 2014

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The UK Space Agency:Our plan for space

Dr Alice Bunn, Director of Policy

November 2014

Space – why do we care?

Space is critical to:

• Science and innovation• Public services• Security• Economy

How is space critical to me?

How is space critical to me?

You are citizen space!

Space and the economy

Future trends

Services in Numbers• In car navigation

– 230 million systems in use globally in 2012– Installations expected to grow to 32 million in 2019

(compare 14 million in 2013)• Satellite TV

– Satellite TV revenues for 138 countries to reach US$100 billion in 2020

– Including free to air, 439 million homes to directly receive TV signals via satellite dish in 2020

• Commercial Satellite Imagery– Imaging market set to reach US$5 billion by 2019

(compare US$2 billion in 2012)

The need to regulate space activities

Is regulation the enemy of economic growth?

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Characteristics of our regime

Technical compliance

Financial compliance

Insurance

Spectrum allocation

Regulation is not enough….

•To make the United Kingdom more resilient to the risk of disruption to space services and capabilities, including from space weather

•To enhance the United Kingdom’s national security intereststhrough space

•To promote a safe and more secure space environment

•To enable industry and academia to exploit science and graspcommercial opportunities in support of national space security interests

Space weather impacts

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Real Space Turnover, £m 2010/11 prices

Source : Oxford Economics

The UK Space Market

Source: Oxford Economics

STOP PRESS: New data for 2013/14 turnover now £11.3B ,

7.2% YEAR ON YEAR GROWTH, 34 300 EMPLOYED

UK Expertise includes:

The leading global mobile satcom operator

The world’s first public-private partnership for secure military communications

The world’s most advanced satellite telecommunication technology

World-leading business in software, satellite control and ground segment technology

Outstanding achievements in space-based science

Excellence in Earth science for climate and environment monitoring and its use in business

The world’s leading small satellite company

Strong roles in Galileo and Copernicus, the permanent Earth monitoring system

What are we doing?

6 pathways to growth

NEW International Partnerships Space Programme open now

International Space Partnerships Programme

32M over 2 years

Includes funding satellite applications, infrastructure, facilities, data, research, skills and training.

Partnerships with emerging economies

Support to UK export ambition

Key challenges

Stable policy to keep business on side and investing in the UK – aim to reach European average investment by 2020

Seizing commercial opportunities in other sectors which are far removed from traditional ‘space’

Importance of space is well understood in emerging economies leap-frog technology: UK response must be agile and creative

With increasingly congested space environment how do we ensure compliance with regulatory obligations?

Did I mention?

Thank you for listening!