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Preparations are underway for the launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite, with a UK propulsion system on board. 🛰️
Scheduled for launch on Monday, it will monitor sea levels from space to improve weather and climate forecasts. 🌍
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Scheduled for launch on Monday, it will monitor sea levels from space to improve weather and climate forecasts. 🌍
Read more 👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Preparations are underway for the launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite, with a UK propulsion system on board. 🛰️
Scheduled for launch on Monday, it will monitor sea levels from space to improve weather and climate forecasts. 🌍
Read more 👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...
Scheduled for launch on Monday, it will monitor sea levels from space to improve weather and climate forecasts. 🌍
Read more 👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...
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NOW LIVE: The Queen’s Lecture with Prof. Adam Amara from @uniofsurrey.bsky.social and @ukspaceagency.bsky.social on “Cosmic Origins and Alien Worlds: The Next Era of Space Exploration”
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Queen's Lecture 2025 - Adam Amara: Cosmic Origins and Alien Worlds
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November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
NOW LIVE: The Queen’s Lecture with Prof. Adam Amara from @uniofsurrey.bsky.social and @ukspaceagency.bsky.social on “Cosmic Origins and Alien Worlds: The Next Era of Space Exploration”
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UK company @blueskiesspace.bsky.social is set to launch its first science satellite, Mauve, soon. 🚀🔭
Designed for a 3-year mission, Mauve aims to demonstrate that small satellites can deliver high-impact science at low cost. 🛰️🌌
Read more: space.blog.gov.uk/2025/11/06/b...
Designed for a 3-year mission, Mauve aims to demonstrate that small satellites can deliver high-impact science at low cost. 🛰️🌌
Read more: space.blog.gov.uk/2025/11/06/b...
Blue Skies Space to launch Mauve satellite, demonstrating a new model for delivering space science data
Blue Skies Space, a UK-based company, is gearing up to launch its first science satellite, Mauve, aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-15 in November 2025. This innovative small satellite will observe stars in...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
UK company @blueskiesspace.bsky.social is set to launch its first science satellite, Mauve, soon. 🚀🔭
Designed for a 3-year mission, Mauve aims to demonstrate that small satellites can deliver high-impact science at low cost. 🛰️🌌
Read more: space.blog.gov.uk/2025/11/06/b...
Designed for a 3-year mission, Mauve aims to demonstrate that small satellites can deliver high-impact science at low cost. 🛰️🌌
Read more: space.blog.gov.uk/2025/11/06/b...
Peering through dust clouds, the @esa.int #Euclid mission has uncovered new stars being formed in Orion. 🔭⭐️
Euclid is imaging vast swathes of the sky to help explore dark matter and energy, with an instrument onboard funded by £37 million from the UK Space Agency. 🌌
Euclid is imaging vast swathes of the sky to help explore dark matter and energy, with an instrument onboard funded by £37 million from the UK Space Agency. 🌌
#ESAEuclid peers through a dark cloud’s dusty veil to reveal a place teeming with very young stars ✨
While investigating the nature of the dark Universe, Euclid is also delivering observations such as this one that enable research in different fields of astronomy 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🔭
While investigating the nature of the dark Universe, Euclid is also delivering observations such as this one that enable research in different fields of astronomy 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🔭
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Happy Halloween! 🎃
It's not just Earth that's getting spooky today – space has some cosmically creepy sights too. 👻
The Witch Head Nebula, known as IC 2118, is a reflection nebula that glows an eerie blue colour thanks to light reflected from its star Rigel.
It's not just Earth that's getting spooky today – space has some cosmically creepy sights too. 👻
The Witch Head Nebula, known as IC 2118, is a reflection nebula that glows an eerie blue colour thanks to light reflected from its star Rigel.
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Happy Halloween! 🎃
It's not just Earth that's getting spooky today – space has some cosmically creepy sights too. 👻
The Witch Head Nebula, known as IC 2118, is a reflection nebula that glows an eerie blue colour thanks to light reflected from its star Rigel.
It's not just Earth that's getting spooky today – space has some cosmically creepy sights too. 👻
The Witch Head Nebula, known as IC 2118, is a reflection nebula that glows an eerie blue colour thanks to light reflected from its star Rigel.
The UK is a world-leader in helping keep space safe and sustainable. 🌍
We're backing Slingshot Aerospace as part of an expansion of UK satellite tracking capabilities. 📡
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We're backing Slingshot Aerospace as part of an expansion of UK satellite tracking capabilities. 📡
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UKSA Taps Slingshot For SDA Tech
As part of the contract, Slingshot will build 13 optical sensor systems at five sites around the globe, allowing the UK government to precisely track everything from satellites to debris to asteroids,...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The UK is a world-leader in helping keep space safe and sustainable. 🌍
We're backing Slingshot Aerospace as part of an expansion of UK satellite tracking capabilities. 📡
Read more: payloadspace.com/uksa-taps-sl...
We're backing Slingshot Aerospace as part of an expansion of UK satellite tracking capabilities. 📡
Read more: payloadspace.com/uksa-taps-sl...
Join us for the UK Lunar Community Workshop on 28 November at the Royal Astronomical Society - opened by our CEO Paul Bate - to explore the UK's future on the Moon with leading experts from science, policy, industry and law. 🌕
Learn more and register by 30 October 👇
Learn more and register by 30 October 👇
Want to shape the next chapter of the UK's journey to the Moon? 🚀🌔
We've teamed up with the @ukspaceagency.bsky.social and Lunar Policy Platform to bring together the space community for a workshop about potential challenges and next steps to ensure the UK one day has a presence on the Moon.
We've teamed up with the @ukspaceagency.bsky.social and Lunar Policy Platform to bring together the space community for a workshop about potential challenges and next steps to ensure the UK one day has a presence on the Moon.
October 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Join us for the UK Lunar Community Workshop on 28 November at the Royal Astronomical Society - opened by our CEO Paul Bate - to explore the UK's future on the Moon with leading experts from science, policy, industry and law. 🌕
Learn more and register by 30 October 👇
Learn more and register by 30 October 👇
The Habitable Worlds Observatory will answer the profound question of are we alone in the universe. 🌌
The UK is interested in leading on a high-resolution imager, and we're proud to support @ucl.ac.uk and partners in this exciting opportunity to help NASA search for life on Earth-like worlds. 🌍
The UK is interested in leading on a high-resolution imager, and we're proud to support @ucl.ac.uk and partners in this exciting opportunity to help NASA search for life on Earth-like worlds. 🌍
A research team led by Dr Vincent Van Eylen @uclmaps.bsky.social is investigating a possible UK camera that would "weigh" Earth-like planets to help find life as part of a flagship NASA mission, the Habitable Worlds Observatory. Funded by @ukspaceagency.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...
October 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Habitable Worlds Observatory will answer the profound question of are we alone in the universe. 🌌
The UK is interested in leading on a high-resolution imager, and we're proud to support @ucl.ac.uk and partners in this exciting opportunity to help NASA search for life on Earth-like worlds. 🌍
The UK is interested in leading on a high-resolution imager, and we're proud to support @ucl.ac.uk and partners in this exciting opportunity to help NASA search for life on Earth-like worlds. 🌍
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Our physicists are investigating how a UK-led team could design and build a core instrument for a NASA mission to search for life on distant planets. The Habitable Worlds Observatory is expected to launch in the 2040s 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
@ucl.ac.uk @ukspaceagency.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk @ukspaceagency.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Our physicists are investigating how a UK-led team could design and build a core instrument for a NASA mission to search for life on distant planets. The Habitable Worlds Observatory is expected to launch in the 2040s 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
@ucl.ac.uk @ukspaceagency.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk @ukspaceagency.bsky.social
Ready to train like an astronaut?
Teachers - sign up your class for Mission X, engaging with space to promote fitness and teamwork! ☄️🏃
Mission X is joint programme between us, the @esa.int and ESERO UK, connecting classrooms to space. 🌔
Learn more and sign up 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/19/t...
Teachers - sign up your class for Mission X, engaging with space to promote fitness and teamwork! ☄️🏃
Mission X is joint programme between us, the @esa.int and ESERO UK, connecting classrooms to space. 🌔
Learn more and sign up 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/19/t...
October 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ready to train like an astronaut?
Teachers - sign up your class for Mission X, engaging with space to promote fitness and teamwork! ☄️🏃
Mission X is joint programme between us, the @esa.int and ESERO UK, connecting classrooms to space. 🌔
Learn more and sign up 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/19/t...
Teachers - sign up your class for Mission X, engaging with space to promote fitness and teamwork! ☄️🏃
Mission X is joint programme between us, the @esa.int and ESERO UK, connecting classrooms to space. 🌔
Learn more and sign up 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/19/t...
UK stargazers - the Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight! 🔭
The Orionids is the result of fragments of debris left by Halley’s Comet as it last passed through our inner Solar System in 1986, and will enter our atmosphere at around 66 kilometres (40 miles) per second. ☄️
The Orionids is the result of fragments of debris left by Halley’s Comet as it last passed through our inner Solar System in 1986, and will enter our atmosphere at around 66 kilometres (40 miles) per second. ☄️
October 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
UK stargazers - the Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight! 🔭
The Orionids is the result of fragments of debris left by Halley’s Comet as it last passed through our inner Solar System in 1986, and will enter our atmosphere at around 66 kilometres (40 miles) per second. ☄️
The Orionids is the result of fragments of debris left by Halley’s Comet as it last passed through our inner Solar System in 1986, and will enter our atmosphere at around 66 kilometres (40 miles) per second. ☄️
Thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency, over 100
Scouts hosted a live Q&A session with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station last weekend. 📡 🛰️ 🧑🚀
Read more 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/20/s...
Scouts hosted a live Q&A session with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station last weekend. 📡 🛰️ 🧑🚀
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Scouts speak to astronauts aboard the International Space Station
Thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency, more than 100 Scouts had the rare opportunity to host a live Q&A session with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station, gaining first-hand in...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency, over 100
Scouts hosted a live Q&A session with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station last weekend. 📡 🛰️ 🧑🚀
Read more 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/20/s...
Scouts hosted a live Q&A session with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station last weekend. 📡 🛰️ 🧑🚀
Read more 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/20/s...
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🛰️🎸#SpaceStationEarth is back! This mesmerising live show fusing music and imagery from the ISS goes on a new UK tour next year, offering audiences a unique chance to experience the awe and wonder of spaceflight.
www.esa.int/Space_in_Mem...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🛰️🎸#SpaceStationEarth is back! This mesmerising live show fusing music and imagery from the ISS goes on a new UK tour next year, offering audiences a unique chance to experience the awe and wonder of spaceflight.
www.esa.int/Space_in_Mem...
@ukspaceagency.bsky.social @spacerocksofficial.bsky.social
www.esa.int/Space_in_Mem...
@ukspaceagency.bsky.social @spacerocksofficial.bsky.social
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🚗A self-driving car... in the middle of nowhere?
That's what SmartCity MK CIC are trying to achieve, thanks to a recently awarded contract from @esa.int and @ukspaceagency.bsky.social
This could be crucial for emergency response in underserved areas🌍
www.smartcityconsultancy.co.uk/news/uk-spac...
That's what SmartCity MK CIC are trying to achieve, thanks to a recently awarded contract from @esa.int and @ukspaceagency.bsky.social
This could be crucial for emergency response in underserved areas🌍
www.smartcityconsultancy.co.uk/news/uk-spac...
UK Space Agency and European Space Agency award SatCAV Contract — Smart City Consultancy
For immediate release: 14 October 2025 We are delighted to announce that the UK Space Agency and European Space Agency (ESA) have recently awarded the SatCAV contract to Smart City MK CIC and its c...
www.smartcityconsultancy.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🚗A self-driving car... in the middle of nowhere?
That's what SmartCity MK CIC are trying to achieve, thanks to a recently awarded contract from @esa.int and @ukspaceagency.bsky.social
This could be crucial for emergency response in underserved areas🌍
www.smartcityconsultancy.co.uk/news/uk-spac...
That's what SmartCity MK CIC are trying to achieve, thanks to a recently awarded contract from @esa.int and @ukspaceagency.bsky.social
This could be crucial for emergency response in underserved areas🌍
www.smartcityconsultancy.co.uk/news/uk-spac...
Proud to share our CEO Paul Bate is in The Raconteur 50 for exceptional leadership! 🎉
Under his leadership, the UK Space Agency is helping transform our space sector's capabilities into tangible benefits for society and the economy. 🛰️ 🌍
Read more 👉 www.raconteur.net/leadership/t...
Under his leadership, the UK Space Agency is helping transform our space sector's capabilities into tangible benefits for society and the economy. 🛰️ 🌍
Read more 👉 www.raconteur.net/leadership/t...
October 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Proud to share our CEO Paul Bate is in The Raconteur 50 for exceptional leadership! 🎉
Under his leadership, the UK Space Agency is helping transform our space sector's capabilities into tangible benefits for society and the economy. 🛰️ 🌍
Read more 👉 www.raconteur.net/leadership/t...
Under his leadership, the UK Space Agency is helping transform our space sector's capabilities into tangible benefits for society and the economy. 🛰️ 🌍
Read more 👉 www.raconteur.net/leadership/t...
On 15 December 2015, Tim Peake became the UK’s second astronaut when he launched to the International Space Station. 🚀
He flew with crewmates Tim Kopra and Yuri Malenchenko. 👨🚀👨🚀👨🚀
Watch the highlights of Tim’s mission 👉 esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
#WSW2025
He flew with crewmates Tim Kopra and Yuri Malenchenko. 👨🚀👨🚀👨🚀
Watch the highlights of Tim’s mission 👉 esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
#WSW2025
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
On 15 December 2015, Tim Peake became the UK’s second astronaut when he launched to the International Space Station. 🚀
He flew with crewmates Tim Kopra and Yuri Malenchenko. 👨🚀👨🚀👨🚀
Watch the highlights of Tim’s mission 👉 esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
#WSW2025
He flew with crewmates Tim Kopra and Yuri Malenchenko. 👨🚀👨🚀👨🚀
Watch the highlights of Tim’s mission 👉 esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
#WSW2025
It's #WSW2025 and the theme this year is “Living in Space". 👩🚀👨🚀
In 1991, Helen Sharman became Britain’s first astronaut when she launched to the Mir space station as a research cosmonaut. 🚀🇬🇧
Her mission lasted 8 days, during which time she conducted medical and agricultural experiments. 🌍
#WSW2025
In 1991, Helen Sharman became Britain’s first astronaut when she launched to the Mir space station as a research cosmonaut. 🚀🇬🇧
Her mission lasted 8 days, during which time she conducted medical and agricultural experiments. 🌍
#WSW2025
October 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It’s Supermoon Season! 🌕
The first of 3 supermoons of 2025 - the full Harvest Moon - will appear tonight, rising at 6:20 pm BST. 🔭
It will be the largest and brightest full Moon this year.
If you miss this one, don't worry - two more supermoons are coming in November and December. 🌕
#WSW2025
The first of 3 supermoons of 2025 - the full Harvest Moon - will appear tonight, rising at 6:20 pm BST. 🔭
It will be the largest and brightest full Moon this year.
If you miss this one, don't worry - two more supermoons are coming in November and December. 🌕
#WSW2025
October 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It’s Supermoon Season! 🌕
The first of 3 supermoons of 2025 - the full Harvest Moon - will appear tonight, rising at 6:20 pm BST. 🔭
It will be the largest and brightest full Moon this year.
If you miss this one, don't worry - two more supermoons are coming in November and December. 🌕
#WSW2025
The first of 3 supermoons of 2025 - the full Harvest Moon - will appear tonight, rising at 6:20 pm BST. 🔭
It will be the largest and brightest full Moon this year.
If you miss this one, don't worry - two more supermoons are coming in November and December. 🌕
#WSW2025
It's World Space Week and this year's theme: 'Living in Space'.
We'll be marking #WSW2025 by looking at how astronauts live and work in space, and highlighting the UK's human spaceflight achievements - from Helen Sharman's Mir mission to Tim Peake's flight to the International Space Station. 👩🚀👨🚀
We'll be marking #WSW2025 by looking at how astronauts live and work in space, and highlighting the UK's human spaceflight achievements - from Helen Sharman's Mir mission to Tim Peake's flight to the International Space Station. 👩🚀👨🚀
October 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It's World Space Week and this year's theme: 'Living in Space'.
We'll be marking #WSW2025 by looking at how astronauts live and work in space, and highlighting the UK's human spaceflight achievements - from Helen Sharman's Mir mission to Tim Peake's flight to the International Space Station. 👩🚀👨🚀
We'll be marking #WSW2025 by looking at how astronauts live and work in space, and highlighting the UK's human spaceflight achievements - from Helen Sharman's Mir mission to Tim Peake's flight to the International Space Station. 👩🚀👨🚀
The UK Space Agency and the Australian Space Agency have renewed the Space Bridge partnership at #IAC2025. 🤝
The framework builds on the initial Space Bridge established in 2021, designed to strengthen collaboration across both nations’ space sectors.
Read more 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/01/u...
The framework builds on the initial Space Bridge established in 2021, designed to strengthen collaboration across both nations’ space sectors.
Read more 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/01/u...
UK–Australia Space Bridge strengthens ties at International Astronautical Congress
The UK Space Agency and the Australian Space Agency have renewed their Space Bridge partnership today at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Sydney.
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October 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The UK Space Agency and the Australian Space Agency have renewed the Space Bridge partnership at #IAC2025. 🤝
The framework builds on the initial Space Bridge established in 2021, designed to strengthen collaboration across both nations’ space sectors.
Read more 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/01/u...
The framework builds on the initial Space Bridge established in 2021, designed to strengthen collaboration across both nations’ space sectors.
Read more 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/01/u...
We’re boosting 23 international projects with £6.5m! 🚀
These collaborations with global partners span cutting-edge areas from lunar agriculture to orbital threat detection - demonstrating the UK's commitment to global partnerships and innovation. 🤝🌍
Read more 👉 gov.uk/government/n...
These collaborations with global partners span cutting-edge areas from lunar agriculture to orbital threat detection - demonstrating the UK's commitment to global partnerships and innovation. 🤝🌍
Read more 👉 gov.uk/government/n...
September 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
We’re boosting 23 international projects with £6.5m! 🚀
These collaborations with global partners span cutting-edge areas from lunar agriculture to orbital threat detection - demonstrating the UK's commitment to global partnerships and innovation. 🤝🌍
Read more 👉 gov.uk/government/n...
These collaborations with global partners span cutting-edge areas from lunar agriculture to orbital threat detection - demonstrating the UK's commitment to global partnerships and innovation. 🤝🌍
Read more 👉 gov.uk/government/n...
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✨Inspiring to talk to British Paralympian, surgeon, astronaut (and namesake!) John McFall.
He's set to be the 1st 👨🚀 with a physical disability to take part in a long-duration mission to the International Space Station, a landmark for human space exploration 🚀 @ukspaceagency.bsky.social @esa.int 👇
He's set to be the 1st 👨🚀 with a physical disability to take part in a long-duration mission to the International Space Station, a landmark for human space exploration 🚀 @ukspaceagency.bsky.social @esa.int 👇
September 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
✨Inspiring to talk to British Paralympian, surgeon, astronaut (and namesake!) John McFall.
He's set to be the 1st 👨🚀 with a physical disability to take part in a long-duration mission to the International Space Station, a landmark for human space exploration 🚀 @ukspaceagency.bsky.social @esa.int 👇
He's set to be the 1st 👨🚀 with a physical disability to take part in a long-duration mission to the International Space Station, a landmark for human space exploration 🚀 @ukspaceagency.bsky.social @esa.int 👇
The MicroCarb satellite has captured its first view of Earth, marking a major milestone following its July launch. 🛰️ 🌍
The satellite from a UK - @cnes.fr partnership is helping to tackle climate change from space. 🌳🌊
Read more in @nceoscience.bsky.social's blog. 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/26/m...
The satellite from a UK - @cnes.fr partnership is helping to tackle climate change from space. 🌳🌊
Read more in @nceoscience.bsky.social's blog. 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/26/m...
Milestone for MicroCarb: First Earth Observations
On 28 August, the MicroCarb satellite captured its first view of Earth, marking a major milestone following its 25 July launch.
space.blog.gov.uk
September 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The MicroCarb satellite has captured its first view of Earth, marking a major milestone following its July launch. 🛰️ 🌍
The satellite from a UK - @cnes.fr partnership is helping to tackle climate change from space. 🌳🌊
Read more in @nceoscience.bsky.social's blog. 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/26/m...
The satellite from a UK - @cnes.fr partnership is helping to tackle climate change from space. 🌳🌊
Read more in @nceoscience.bsky.social's blog. 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/26/m...
Fantastic news that @esa.int has chosen WIVERN – Wind Velocity Radar Nephoscope – as its next Earth Explorer mission!
Developed in the UK, it will be the first satellite to measure wind inside clouds, helping improve forecasts for storms and flooding globally. 🌧️
Read more 👉 esa.int/Applications...
Developed in the UK, it will be the first satellite to measure wind inside clouds, helping improve forecasts for storms and flooding globally. 🌧️
Read more 👉 esa.int/Applications...
ESA selects WIVERN as 11th Earth Explorer mission
After meticulous preparation and rigorous evaluation, ESA’s Member States have selected WIVERN to become the 11th Earth Explorer mission to be implemented through the agency’s prestigious FutureEO pro...
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September 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Fantastic news that @esa.int has chosen WIVERN – Wind Velocity Radar Nephoscope – as its next Earth Explorer mission!
Developed in the UK, it will be the first satellite to measure wind inside clouds, helping improve forecasts for storms and flooding globally. 🌧️
Read more 👉 esa.int/Applications...
Developed in the UK, it will be the first satellite to measure wind inside clouds, helping improve forecasts for storms and flooding globally. 🌧️
Read more 👉 esa.int/Applications...
UK tech has launched on NASA IMAP! 🚀
The mission will help to protect satellites and ensure safer human space exploration.
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social’s MAG instrument, funded by us, will provide crucial data to improve our understanding of space weather. ☀️
👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...
The mission will help to protect satellites and ensure safer human space exploration.
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social’s MAG instrument, funded by us, will provide crucial data to improve our understanding of space weather. ☀️
👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...
UK technology launches into space aboard NASA’s IMAP mission
A British-built instrument has launched today as part of NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which will help scientists better understand the protective magnetic bubble ...
www.gov.uk
September 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
UK tech has launched on NASA IMAP! 🚀
The mission will help to protect satellites and ensure safer human space exploration.
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social’s MAG instrument, funded by us, will provide crucial data to improve our understanding of space weather. ☀️
👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...
The mission will help to protect satellites and ensure safer human space exploration.
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social’s MAG instrument, funded by us, will provide crucial data to improve our understanding of space weather. ☀️
👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...