Space

The UK has a rapidly growing and rich heritage of commercial space innovation, building more small satellites than any other country in Europe, and a thriving space data analytics community building products in areas including climate, transport and financial services.

Innovate UK Business Connect has deep knowledge of the space industry, and has produced a new interactive UK Space Sector Landscape Map in collaboration with the UK Space Agency. Our team brings together a range of different stakeholders from industry, academia and government to enable consortia building and provide clear direction to people who want to innovate the space sector.

The ‘Meeting Net Zero with the Power of Place’ publication explores the opportunities for location intelligence in the fight against climate change, and showcases the vast potential of inclusive growth, collaboration, system thinking and cultural change in dealing with global challenges. Click here to read the report (PDF).

‘Geo for Earth Podcast Series’ An on the go way to explore the role that location intelligence plays in helping us understand our planet and tackle climate change. Listen now.

Our current focus in this area

Connecting the UK’s growing Space community with industrial collaborators, research-based expertise, investment opportunities and funders.

Boosting collaboration and sustainable innovation between African and UK space-technology companies while simultaneously enhancing positive social impact through space technology development and its applications.

The world is powered by data; turning data into information helps us make decisions across all sectors of the economy. Innovate UK Business Connect hosts an innovation network that focuses on connecting the data holders and data processors with the people that can benefit from the insight geospatial data can provide.

Related Opportunities

European Space Agency: Coastal Resilience To Climate Change

Initial applications reviewed within 10 working days; apply by 31/10/25 latest

ESA seeks services that leverage space technology to address the challenges posed by climate change to coastal cities, rural coastal regions, and ports.

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European Space Agency: Space for Monitoring Hazardous Materials

Opens: 09/06/2025   Closes: 09/10/2025

ESA seeks innovative space-enabled applications for hazardous materials management, with up to €75k available per project.

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European Space Agency: Space For Underwater Radiated Noise Management

Opens: 01/09/2025   Closes: 17/10/2025

ESA seeks innovative services that use space technology to tackle underwater radiated noise (URN) in the marine environment.

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European Space Agency: Future of Retail

Opens: 06/10/2025   Closes: 23/01/2026

ESA seek business proposals to use space technology for the retail sector, with up to €75 000 per activity.

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European Space Agency: Bioengineering In The Space Environment

Opens: 29/09/2025   Closes: 29/10/2025

€200k per project for enabling studies to support industry in assessing the potential of bioengineering in microgravity environments.

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European Space Agency: Green Hydrogen As a Sustainable Energy Source

Opens: 09/10/2025   Closes: 06/11/2025

ESA invites proposals for feasibility studies for services that explore innovative uses of space technology to advance green hydrogen as a sustainable energy source.

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Related Events and Recordings

Fri
14
Feb
2025

NextGen Space Challenge Pitching Event

11.00 - 14.00 GMT | Online

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Mon
1
Nov
2021

Meeting Net Zero with the power of place: Space & Geospatial Virtual Pavilion for COP26

09.30 - 15.45 | Online

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Mon
18
Nov
2024

Global Insights: Space Technology in Japan

09.00 - 11.00 GMT | Online

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