Human activity in space causes multiple harmful impacts and may now be playing an increasing role in contributing to global environmental change – possibly in ways that we do not yet fully understand. The new study from Space Watch UK concludes that rapid growth in the space sector is beginning to degrade and damage several […]

The acquisition of Goonhilly Earth Station (GES) in Cornwall by US company Intuitive Machines will mean yet another space surveillance tool for the US military in the UK. The deal is subject to UK Government approval but if it goes through then Goonhilly's 44 antennas will join the powerful Fylingdales US space surveillance radar on […]

To coincide with the opening of a three-month window for the first space launch from UK soil, a new detailed report from Space Watch UK ‘Waste of Space: The Environmental Cost of Human Activities in Space’ examines the environmental harm from growing activity in space. While for decades the small numbers of space launches meant […]

Recent news that Orbex, the Scottish space launch company headquartered in Forres, has gone into administration is a blow to the hopes of communities in the north of Scotland and to aspirations for the nation's technology sector. More than 150 highly skilled jobs are at risk, and a promising chapter in Moray’s economic development has […]