UK Space Agency
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | UKSA |
| Formed | 1 April 2010 |
| Type | Executive agency |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories |
| Headquarters | Didcot, England, UK 51°34′50.2″N 1°18′28.8″W / 51.580611°N 1.308000°W |
Minister responsible | Liz Kendall (Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology) |
| Chief Executive | Paul Bate |
| Deputy Chief Executives | Annelies Look and Chris White-Horne |
| Owner | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Annual budget | £469 million (2019/2020) |
| Website | gov |
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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; it represents the United Kingdom in all negotiations on space matters. The agency "[brings] together all UK civil space activities under one single management", and is based at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus near Didcot, Oxfordshire, England.
In August 2025, the UK government announced that the agency would be absorbed into the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in April 2026, although its name would be retained.