Top 21 Space startups in UK
Updated: May 08, 2024 | Editor: Boris Maslennikov | 18 |
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Funding: $4.7B
OneWeb is building a space-based communications network that delivers high-speed, low-latency internet access.
OneWeb is building a space-based communications network that delivers high-speed, low-latency internet access.
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Funding: $1.8B
Inmarsat is a mobile satellite communication service provider that aims to power global connectivity services. Acquired by Viasat
Inmarsat is a mobile satellite communication service provider that aims to power global connectivity services. Acquired by Viasat
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Funding: $1.1B
Virgin Galactic is a commercial spaceline that develops commercial spacecrafts.
Virgin Galactic is a commercial spaceline that develops commercial spacecrafts.
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Funding: $161.7M
Reaction Engines is next-generation aerospace propulsion developers, home of SABRE air-breathing rocket engine.
Reaction Engines is next-generation aerospace propulsion developers, home of SABRE air-breathing rocket engine.
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Funding: $109.5M
Orbex is an innovative space startup developing small payload reusable rockets.
Orbex is an innovative space startup developing small payload reusable rockets.
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Funding: $62.6M
Open Cosmos design, build and operate space missions, providing straightforward access to high quality satellite data and insights on a global scale.
Open Cosmos design, build and operate space missions, providing straightforward access to high quality satellite data and insights on a global scale.
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Funding: £32.5M
Skyrora is a launch services provider dedicated to delivering small satellites into orbit in a responsive, versatile, eco-friendly manner. Skyrora has also developed an environmentally friendly hybrid rocket engine that can run on solid and liquid rocket fuel.
Skyrora is a launch services provider dedicated to delivering small satellites into orbit in a responsive, versatile, eco-friendly manner. Skyrora has also developed an environmentally friendly hybrid rocket engine that can run on solid and liquid rocket fuel.
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Funding: £31.3M
Satellite Vu develops “the world’s thermometer”: a satellite constellation capable of monitoring thermal emissions around the world.
Satellite Vu develops “the world’s thermometer”: a satellite constellation capable of monitoring thermal emissions around the world.
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Funding: £11.6M
OSS Is a space technology business that provides multi-award winning deployable antennas & structures made from proprietary materials.
OSS Is a space technology business that provides multi-award winning deployable antennas & structures made from proprietary materials.
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Funding: £5M
Sen's vision is to democratize space using video to inform, educate, inspire and benefit all humanity. Sen's mission is to stream real-time videos from space to billions of people, gathering news and information about Earth and space and making it universally accessible.
Sen's vision is to democratize space using video to inform, educate, inspire and benefit all humanity. Sen's mission is to stream real-time videos from space to billions of people, gathering news and information about Earth and space and making it universally accessible.
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Funding: £3.8M
Goonhilly Earth Station is a satellite communication teleport that provides telecommunication services.
Goonhilly Earth Station is a satellite communication teleport that provides telecommunication services.
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Funding: £3.2M
Blue Skies Space specializes in developing satellites to provide data to the global scientific community.
Blue Skies Space specializes in developing satellites to provide data to the global scientific community.
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Funding: £2.7M
EARTH-i geospatial solutions utilise optical satellite imagery from the DMC3/TripleSat Constellation. The company uses satellite imagery to provide high-resolution images and data that people can use for a wide range of applications, including urban planning, infrastructure development, environmental monitoring, and security and defense. It uses Machine Learning for processing Earth Observation data.
EARTH-i geospatial solutions utilise optical satellite imagery from the DMC3/TripleSat Constellation. The company uses satellite imagery to provide high-resolution images and data that people can use for a wide range of applications, including urban planning, infrastructure development, environmental monitoring, and security and defense. It uses Machine Learning for processing Earth Observation data.
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Funding: £500K
Satellite Applications Catapult collaborates with other companies, educational institutions, and government agencies to create state-of-the-art medical, agricultural, and environmental research satellite applications. In particular it provides access to high-resolution methane emissions
Satellite Applications Catapult collaborates with other companies, educational institutions, and government agencies to create state-of-the-art medical, agricultural, and environmental research satellite applications. In particular it provides access to high-resolution methane emissions
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Lacuna Space is a tracking and sensor detection service for space applications and telecommunications services.
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AmbaSat design and build low earth orbit space satellite kits, which are the foundation of a new class of ‘sprite’ satellites.
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WeSpace Technologies develops autonomously flying robotics systems for a variety of lunar surface exploration missions.
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Our organisation unites space engineers and inventors who are about to begin a new era of human hist
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Orbit Boy is a manufacturing company that provides fuel laboratory testing, aviation, and aerospace components solutions.