UK Space Agency

UK Space Agency
Agency overview
AbbreviationUKSA
Formed1 April 2010; 14 years ago (2010-04-01)
TypeExecutive agency
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories
HeadquartersQuad Two Building (1st Floor), Rutherford Avenue, Didcot, Oxfordshire
51°34′50.2″N 1°18′28.8″W / 51.580611°N 1.308000°W / 51.580611; -1.308000
Minister responsible
Peter Kyle
(Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Chief ExecutivePaul Bate
Deputy Chief ExecutivesAnnelies Look and Chris White-Horne
OwnerDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology
Annual budget£469 million (2019/2020)[1]
Websitegov.uk/uksa

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]

  1. ^ UK Space Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2019 to 2020 (PDF), retrieved 25 March 2021
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