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UK Innovation Zones

Space in the UK

Space activity spans Glasgow's small satellite manufacturing, Harwell's cluster, Cornwall's launch and Earth observation base and satellite communications in the South East.

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Companies
3
Investors
2
Universities
4
Research centres
4
Facilities
3

Where UK strength is concentrated

Major clusters

Emerging & supporting clusters

    Research, infrastructure and capital

    Universities & research

    National space campus capability, university space groups and Earth observation research centres.

    Investment

    A specialist investor base combined with public agency programmes and international customers.

    Government support

    Space is a priority sector for several place-based programmes, including in Cornwall and Scotland.

    Organisations working in this area

    • University of Oxford

      Universities · oxford

    • Harwell Science and Innovation Campus

      Specialist facilities · oxford

    • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

      Research institutes · oxford

    • Satellite Applications Catapult

      Catapult centres · oxford

    • Durham University

      Universities · north east

    • University of Glasgow

      Universities · glasgow

    • University of Strathclyde

      Universities · glasgow

    • Glasgow small satellite manufacturing cluster

      Companies · glasgow

    • National Oceanography Centre

      Research institutes · southampton portsmouth

    • University of Plymouth

      Universities · cornwall plymouth

    • Plymouth Marine Laboratory

      Research institutes · cornwall plymouth

    • Space and Earth observation capability, Cornwall

      Specialist facilities · cornwall plymouth

    UKIZ perspective

    Accelerators (0)

    • No accelerator recorded yet.

    Space is one of Britain's most genuinely distributed sectors. UKIZ proposes connecting manufacturing, launch, data and downstream applications as one network.

    Ecosystem directory

    Who funds, builds and researches this in Britain.

    Investors (2)

    Companies (3)

    Universities (4)

    Directory last verified: 15 August 2026

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