UK Space Agency awarded contracts to three companies worth a combined ~£1M (about $1.1M) to advance in‑orbit manufacturing. The awards fund early-stage work to develop and demonstrate production and processing capabilities in space, reinforcing UK support for commercial on‑orbit services.
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Combined value of ~£1M (~$1.1M) across three firms highlights targeted, early-stage public funding to de‑risk in‑orbit manufacturing technologies.
The move builds on growing commercial momentum in on‑orbit production and services, following milestones such as Space Forge activating a commercial semiconductor factory in orbit and D‑Orbits $128M Series D to scale in‑orbit logistics and manufacturing.
Reinforces the UKSAs broader industrialisation push for space, supplementing earlier UKSA innovation investments in in‑orbit technologies and demonstrators (see previous UKSA funding round).
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• Tereza Pultarova