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 […]

Local Perceptions of the SaxaVord Spaceport At the beginning of May 2025 Space Watch UK visited the Shetland island of Unst for a week to investigate opinions about the SaxaVord Spaceport, which is currently under construction in the  northern part of the island.  The aim of our visit was to speak to Unst residents about […]

Space Watch UK has produced a simple 4-page A4 resource explaining the militarisation of space.  Aimed as a free giveaway for local groups, the primer gives an overview of what is happening, outlines the main UK military space programmes, has a detailed UK map of current military space sites, and sets out why we oppose […]