Who we work with
The UK Space Agency is an executive agency of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The Agency works with a range of other organisations who contribute to the civil space programme in important ways. In the UK these include:
The Met Office, which funds the UK's weather satellite programme;
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), which supports basic R&D for future Earth science missions and funds researchers to exploit the scientific data yielded by our Earth science missions;
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), which supports basic R&D for future space science and funds researchers to exploit the scientific data yielded by our space science missions;
The Technology Strategy Board, which funds a range of industrially-led developments across a large range of sectors including future technology and applications of space systems and data. The Service Level Agreement (SLA) (PDF, 4.1 Mb) defines how the Technology Strategy Board and the UK Space Agency work together following the establishment of the UK Space Agency as an executive agency of BIS on 1 April 2011.
UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) , whom we work with to support inward investment into the UK space sector and the export of UK space technology as well as the Science and Innovation Network which represents UK science and research expertise in UK embassies across the world.
The Agency also maintains close working relations with other Government departments and a range of professional and industrial bodies in the UK including the following:
The Association of Specialist Technical Organisations for Space (ASTOS)
The British Association of Remote Sensing Companies
The British Interplanetary Society
The Cabinet Office
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Department for Transport (DfT)
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
Home Office
Ministry of Defence (MOD)
Royal Aeronautical Society
Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
UKSpace
The UK Space Agency also works extensively with organisations in Europe and the rest of the world.
