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# UK publishes GBP7.8 billion Space Strategy to 2030
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-08-uk-space-strategy-7-8-billion/
- Published: 2026-09-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-09T03:49:03.000Z
- Description: The UK government published a GBP 7.8 billion Space Strategy to 2030, allocating over GBP 3 billion to defence space capability, GBP 2.8 billion to satellite connectivity including SKYNET, and GBP 40 million to in orbit servicing and manufacturing.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Policy and law, #news, #verified

Verified [GOV.UK, UK Space Strategy, 8 September 2026](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-space-strategy?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not itself award a contract or name a supplier for the capabilities it funds.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. GBP7.8bn strategy plan, no contract or supplier named yet. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)