http://www.bis.gov.uk/ukspaceagency

Making the UK the Place for Space

Robert Waters

Head of Industrial Strategy

June 2014

The UK and Space

Over 50 years involvement in space– As a provider of systems to the world– As a user of data services at home

The UK Space Agency leads our civil space programme– Policy advice to Ministers– Regulation– Investment (>£300 p.a.)– 60 staff

Our goals are achieved via national, European and international partnerships

To meet national needs, the UK Space Agency is responsible for ensuring that the UK retains and grows a strategic capability in space-based systems, technologies, science and applications

An Executive Agency of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills

Operational in April 2011

60 staff:policy,

technical, programmes, administration

HQ in Swindon, Wiltshire

Offices in London and

Harwell, Oxford

Provide Government with space

policy advice

Regulate and licence

UK civil space

activities

Invest in the UK’s space industrial

and research

base

Represent the UK’s

interests in Europe and

overseas

Transfer space

technology and services into the UK economy

Increase use of space in government

Oversee and exploit

investment in EU space programmes

Present the UK’s space programme to the public

2013/14 Budget: ~£320M

~£60M National+ bilateral

Programme + admin

technology, instruments, national and

bilateral projects

~£260M ESA

Programme

industrial, scientific and application-

driven space projects

Space Agency structures

• Policy• European • Regulation• Security• International• Communications

• Programmes• Exploration• Space science• Major project delivery

• Growth• Applications• Earth Observation• Education & Skills• Industrial strategy• Space ‘Gateway’• Space for Smarter Government• Technology strategy

• Operations & resources• Finance• Operations• Change Programme• HR

Chief Executive: David Parker

Structure & Economics

The Global Space Market

Global Space Market (US$bn)

Commercial infrastructure &

support, $106, 37%

US Government, $47, 16%

Other Government, $26, 9%

Commercial products & services,

$111, 38%

Commercial space transportation,

$0.01, 0%

Source: The Space report 2012

The Space Foundation

Growth in Global Space Market

$0$50

$100$150$200$250$300$350

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Year

US

$ b

n

12.2%

8.4%3.8%4.8%

Total market value US $ 290 B

UK space industry benefit

£9.2 billion turnover£3.4 billion contribution to GDP30,000 direct jobs~ 8% real growth per annum since 2000

Space Policy

2009 2010 2011 20122013 2014

Ukspace/OEF ‘Case for Space’ Space Innovation &

Growth Strategy

UK Space Agency formed

Government response to IGS & Space Leadership

Council created

ECSAT Opens

UK Civil Space Strategy

2012-2016

SIGS Space Growth

Action Plan

Government response to Space GAP

National Space

Security Plan

Satellite Applications Catapult established

Government Growth Review

ESA C-min 2012

Civil Space Strategy – six themes

Goal:£40B sector by 2030

Space Innovation and Growth Strategy 2014-2030: Space Growth Action Plan

• re-affirm industry and government’s 2010 growth ambition for sector

• grow UK market share in expanding global space economy – 10% of expected £400 billion world space economy by 2030– 100,000 new UK jobs– interim target of 8% by 2020 (£19bn in real terms)

• focus on markets, services and space-enabled applications (cultural change)

• satellite & ground infrastructure remains crucial

• 5 new recommendations and 37 new actions

Space GAP Recommendations

1. grow space-enabled markets by £30bn by 20302. make UK the best place to grow Space business

• regulatory environment to promote growth• operational space port by 2018

3. increase the UK’s returns from Europe• Europe vastly different for space by 2020

4. grow exports from £2bn to £25bn p.a. by 2030• more strategic approach• improving access to finance & new mechanisms

5. stimulate a vibrant regional SME sector

Future is also more users of space, new applications, more competition!

IGS 2014-2030 Key Markets

What are we doing now?

1. Looking towards 2030: the Growth Action Plan of the space innovation and growth strategy

– A industry-government partnership providing a roadmap of actions

2. Key space policy issues– Cross-government National Space Security Policy

published 30 April– Reforming licensing regime for operators – Developing new regulation to support growth

3. Delivering on investments – Industrial R&D for commercial space sector– Major scientific programmes

4. Implementing NSSP

Everything we do is delivered through partnerships

National, European, Global

Partnerships have created…

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

A strong UK role in Galileo, Europe’s global navigation system

Launch of UKube-1: July 2014• First UK national cubesat

• Fully functional 3-axis stabilised spacecraft weighing 3kg

• Built by SME Clydespace plus various universities and industries

• Success will underpin export opportunities

Partnership with business: NovaSAR

S-band (3.1-3.3GHz) Synthetic Aperture Radar

Low cost, lightweight small satellite design

Co-funded investment by UK Space Agency and industry to demonstrate NovaSAR in-orbit

Example applications

maritime security

flood mapping

forestry monitoring

First launch in FY 2015/16

Partnership in Innovation

Reaction Engines Ltd ‘SABRE’ air-breathing rocket engine

Could lead to ‘Skylon’ reusable satellite launch vehicle

PV investors, UK Space Agency and ESA

UK Space Sector Map

European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications

• Will lead ESA work on satcom technology and applications

• ESA climate office: space data to understand climate change

• A business incubator creating new space businesses

• Will grow to 100 staff by end of 2015

• Mission to drive growth through the exploitation of satellite data;

• link existing space organisations with new market sectors

• Government supported, private sector ethos

• A collaborative environment for industry, academics and government organisations

We are using space to inform, educate and inspire

We provide coherence and leadership

We are promoting growth

In Summary

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