EMAPS Workshop – Portsmouth
17-2-10
Dr Nick Cox
An Overview of Space in the UK
Where we are Today
BNSC
Space IGT
Current Developments
– Agency
– Harwell
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Space: a vibrant and high-growth sector
UK Space Industry is a hidden success story:
• Achieved revenues of £5.9 billion in
2007
• Contributed £5.6 billion to UK GDP in
2007
• Provides 19,100 direct jobs
• Supports 68,000 other UK jobs
UK has a very strong and world-class capability
across the Space sector:
• Advanced manufacturing capabilities at
Astrium and Surrey Satellites
• World-leading satellite operators in
Inmarsat, Paradigm and Avanti
• One of the world’s largest satellite
broadcasters – BSkyB
• World-class science
• Great resources in teaching and skills
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• Satellite business finance and insurance
Some UK Successes
INMARSAT 4: $770 M contract won by Astrium. Exploits
the world’s most powerful digital on-board processor
developed under an ESA programme
PARADIGM: £2.5 B contract won against strong
competition from US for SKYNET 5. Key differentiator
was digital processor and active antenna technology
which was developed with BNSC support
INFOTERRA, NPA: Earth observation service companies
AVANTI: pioneering regional broadband ‘access for all’.
SSTL: low cost satellites exported around the world
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UK in Space
Some of the UK’s
Priorities
• European Space
Policy
•Global partnerships
Global Monitoring for
Environment
and Security (GMES)
Data from space to
understand Climate Change,
protect our environment and
quality of life
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Galileo and
Telecommunications
Innovative services for
Government and business
ESA’s Cosmic Vision
The Global Exploration
Strategy
science, technology and
inspiration
UK role in a global framework
An Overview of Space in the UK
Where we are Today
BNSC
Space IGT
Current Developments
– Agency
– Harwell
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BNSC
• Set up in 1985 - Purpose:
• co-ordinate space activity in the UK
• develop UK space policy
• support the UK space industry
• represent the UK international space
programmes
• Reports to Minister for Science and
Innovation
• Dept. for Business Innovation and Skills
provides policy lead
• HQ in Swindon alongside Research
Councils and the TSB
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The Partnership
BNSC is owned and run by its partners
• Department for Business, Innovation and
Skills
• Department for Children, Schools and
Families,
• Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs,
• Department for Transport,
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
• Met Office,
• Ministry of Defence,
• Natural Environment Research Council,
• Science and Technology Facilities Council.
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The Core Funding Partners in BNSC
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UK Civil Space Spend 2008/09
(£ million)
Sector
National
Earth Observation
ESA
2008/09
7.49
41.71
EUMETSAT
Space Science and
Exploration
Telecomms/Navigation
Technology
Transportation
Other
National
ESA
National
ESA
National
34.8
71.27
0.35
57.51
0.9
ESA
0
National
0
ESA
6.31
Other National
0.37
ESA Gen. Budget
Total
PLUS
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27.76
268.07
Likely UK receipts from FP7
10.5
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RDAs Alphasat spend
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UK Civil Space Strategy
“The Government is
determined that the UK
remains at the forefront of
the evolving space scene”
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UK Strategic Vision
Science
• Managing our Changing Planet
• Exploring the Universe
Developing tomorrow’s economy and
strengthening innovation:
• Increase the UK share of the global market
• Innovation across government
Increased public and political recognition
• Of the value of space as part of the critical national
infrastructure
Skills development and outreach
• Is a node in support of high tech life long learning
and skill development in the UK
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An Overview of Space in the UK
Where we are Today
BNSC
Space IGT
Current Developments
– Agency
– Harwell
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Space Innovation and Growth Team
• Government invited industry to lead an Innovation
and Growth Team (IGT) drawing upon inputs from all
the communities active around space
• Aim to develop a 20-year vision, and make
recommendations on how best to grow the sector
• Executive Steering Board, chaired by Andy Green,
CE of Logica
• Five Working Groups (members from across
industry, the academic world, smaller companies,
public sector etc.):
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Markets
Capabilities
Public Policy
Awareness and Skills
Finance and Procurement
• Report launched 10th February
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IGT Vision: a sector with major growth potential
• The global Space market forecast to be worth at
least £400 billion by 2030.
• Through the Space IGT, the UK Space Industry
has proposed a 20-yr strategy to:
• capture 10% of that market by 2030
• create 100,000 UK jobs.
• An ambition that needs Industry and
Government to work in partnership
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IGT Vision: Space is vital to our future
Significant growth in opportunities:
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Telecommunications
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Navigation systems set to proliferate across a broad range of
industries
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broadband internet from space
internet on the move
‘smart homes’
mobile telephone services
High Definition and 3D TV.
Agriculture
Defence
Tourism
Transport
Major growth in Earth Observation for climate-change monitoring
and mitigation and other uses
Space telecommunications and EO data will become an even
more vital part of world-wide security infrastructures
Space science will continue to extend the horizons of
understanding and drive-forward innovation
IGT Recommendations - ONE
Government and Industry work together to:
1. Develop a National Space Policy
2. Ensure the UK Executive Space Agency is sufficiently
resourced and empowered to drive economic and social benefits
from Space
3. Develop a National Space Technology Strategy
4. Ensure credit is available for satellite procurement and launch
5. Procure a sovereign Earth Observation (EO) capability
6. Take a leadership role in climate-change monitoring, mitigation
and agreement verification
7. Develop Space as a complementary ICT infrastructure to fibreoptic and wireless superfast broadband
8. Use Space capabilities to help achieve UK CO2 emissions
reductions from ICT systems
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IGT Recommendations - TWO
Government and Industry work together to:
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9. Reflect Space capabilities in future defence/security planning
10. Promote Space in future UK/EU emergency mobile networks
11. Secure sufficient future satellite radio frequency spectrum
and orbital slots
12. Train the next generation of Space engineers and scientists
and promote STEM subjects in schools, colleges and businesses
13. Initiate and lead three Space exploration or science missions
by 2030
14. Establish a hub and spoke model for Space in the UK, and
an International Space Innovation Centre at Harwell
15. Invest earlier, and more consistently, in ESA programmes
16. Establish a Space Leadership Council to implement this
strategy
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Space IGT - Outcomes
• Will drive future policy
• Government preparing a response
• Welcomes IGT report, even though cannot
commit to doing all that industry requests in
the current economic climate
• A sound basis for growing the space
industry
MORE DETAILS ON:
www.spaceigs.co.uk
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An Overview of Space in the UK
Where we are Today
BNSC
Space IGT
Current Developments
– Agency
– Harwell
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Space Agency
• Lord Drayson Announced new executive space
agency on 10th December 2009
• Followed full consultation and strong endorsement by
Space IGT
• As well as maximising the role of space technologies
in driving economic growth, new agency’s
responsibilities will include:
– strengthening the UK’s relationship with the
European Space Agency;
– agreeing with UK industry how to maximise the
benefits of space technologies;
– working with scientific community to provide a
clear voice on decisions that affect the sector
• Transition of BNSC into agency currently being
planned in detail
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ESA Centre at Harwell
• Establishment of an ESA centre at the Harwell
Science & Innovation Campus
• Scope
– Climate Data Assimilation & Modelling
– Integrated Applications - New commercial &
public good applications integrating space &
ground data/assets
– Space Exploration - robotics/novel
power/planetary protection and sample
receiving facilities
• Plan for International Space Innovation Centre to
sit alongside ESA facility
– Ensure benefits flow to UK
– Critical mass of HEIs, Industry & National
capability
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Dr Nick Cox
Tel: 01793 418054
Email:
[email protected]
British National
Space Centre (BNSC)
www.bnsc.gov.uk