Back وكالة الفضاء البريطانية Arabic UK Space Agency AST Касмічнае агенцтва Вялікабрытаніі Byelorussian Asiantaeth Ofod y Deyrnas Unedig Welsh UK Space Agency German Διαστημική Υπηρεσία του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου Greek Brita Kosma Agentejo Esperanto Agencia Espacial del Reino Unido Spanish سازمان فضایی بریتانیا Persian Agence spatiale du Royaume-Uni French
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| Agency overview | |
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| Abbreviation | UKSA |
| Formed | 1 April 2010 |
| Type | Executive agency |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories |
| Headquarters | Quad Two Building (1st Floor), Rutherford Avenue, Didcot, Oxfordshire 51°34′50.2″N 1°18′28.8″W / 51.580611°N 1.308000°W |
Minister responsible | Peter Kyle (Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology) |
| Chief Executive | Paul Bate |
| Deputy Chief Executives | Annelies Look and Chris White-Horne |
| Owner | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Annual budget | £469 million (2019/2020)[1] |
| Website | gov |
The United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) is an executive agency of the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the United Kingdom's civil space programme. It was established on 1 April 2010 to replace the British National Space Centre (BNSC) and took over responsibility for government policy and key budgets for space exploration;[2][3] it represents the United Kingdom in all negotiations on space matters.[4][5] The Agency "[brings] together all UK civil space activities under one single management".[2] It is based at the former BNSC headquarters in Swindon, Wiltshire.[4][6][7]
- ^ UK Space Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2019 to 2020 (PDF), retrieved 25 March 2021
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