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UK publishes GBP7.8 billion Space Strategy to 2030

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.

Verified GOV.UK, UK Space Strategy, 8 September 2026

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

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