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The Death of the UK Space Agency

It wasn't much, and now it is less

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Peter Hague
Aug 20, 2025
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The UK Space Agency, as an independent body, is no more. It will be folded into the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), ostensibly as part of a government initiative to streamline bureaucracy. The rationale is that such an “arms length” agencies as UKSA needlessly duplicate functions.

The name and logo will be retained; but there wi…

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