Satellites & Spacecraft companies in United Kingdom

Glasgow PocketQube satellite company — designs, builds and launches PocketQubes and brokers rideshare launches for customers.

North Yorkshire small-satellite company — makes low Earth orbit satellite kits, ChipSat payload carriers and STEM courses for education and science missions.

British NewSpace startup in Leicester — developing a space-based data centre concept built on CubeSat-class small satellites.

London space science company — operates small astronomy satellites such as Mauve and sells space science data to research institutions by subscription.

Scottish space engineering company — develops small-satellite missions, onboard AI autonomy and quantum key distribution payloads.

British small-satellite startup in Southampton — develops hardware and software subsystems for small satellites.

British space startup — develops modular spacecraft and a scalable roving platform for lunar operations, founded by Cambridge alumni.

British in-space manufacturing startup — provides miniaturised autonomous satellite laboratories for in-orbit experiments and low-cost de-orbit solutions.

British satellite IoT operator — runs a LoRa-based direct-to-device satellite constellation delivering low-power IoT connectivity worldwide.

Builds a thermal infrared satellite constellation for high-resolution building-level heat monitoring.

London space video company — operates cameras on the ISS and small satellites to stream ultra-high-definition video of Earth from orbit.

Develops the autonomy layer for European and NATO orbital defence — builds onboard AI systems for spacecraft operating in contested orbits, providing space control and countersp…

London NewSpace startup — develops miniaturised in-orbit laboratories for testing and qualifying advanced materials in the space environment.

Welsh in-space manufacturing startup — develops the reusable ForgeStar satellite to produce semiconductor materials in orbit.

British space-based solar power developer — designs the CASSIOPeiA satellite to beam solar energy to ground receivers by radio frequency.

Cambridge spin-out under SATLANTIS control — builds unfolding space telescopes for high-resolution thermal infrared Earth observation from small satellites.

Develops advanced space systems, electronic warfare and satellite capabilities for defence customers.

Develops SIGINT satellite payloads for space domain awareness — builds the AMBER constellation of small satellites carrying signals intelligence sensors for maritime and radio f…

UK smallsat mission integrator and operator — provides end-to-end small satellite mission services, hosted payloads and the Faraday constellation for in-orbit demonstration of n…

Leicester engineering company — designs structures and mechanisms for spacecraft, payloads and ground support equipment and develops in-space manufacturing.

Builds and operates a low Earth orbit satellite constellation for global broadband connectivity.

Full space mission value chain: feasibility, satellite development, launch, operations and data.

British spacecraft antenna maker — designs and manufactures deployable antennas and reflectors for SAR, telecom and IoT satellites.

World's leading small satellite manufacturer with over 60 spacecraft in orbit.

Northumbria University space R&D and skills centre in Newcastle — £50m facility with satellite clean rooms and labs, Lockheed Martin as anchor tenant.

UK national space laboratory — STFC department at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory building instruments, testing spacecraft and doing space research.

UK's leading space innovation centre — supports 835+ companies with R&D facilities, satellite AIT, antenna testing, ISAM capabilities and business acceleration to grow the UK sp…

University of Surrey space engineering centre — pioneer of small-satellite research since 1979, now part of the Surrey Space Institute.

UCL space research laboratory — builds space science instruments and has taken part in more than 70 satellite missions from Holmbury St Mary.

UK government agency responsible for space policy, international partnerships and national space programmes.

Independent test house in Newry, Northern Ireland — provides vibration, shock and thermal vacuum qualification testing for satellites and space hardware.