Spaceflight
(asked on 27th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to support the launch of rockets and satellites from the UK.
This question was answered on 2nd February 2022
My Department has put in place a new regulatory framework and spaceflight regulator to enable the licensing of spaceflight activities from the UK.
The Government also published its National Space Strategy on 27 September 2021 and has awarded £40 million of grants to kick start the establishment of vertical and horizontal launch capability from the UK.