UK Space Agency

Using outputs of Space Activity to Connect Global Britain, Expand Business Potential, and Improve Lives.

Downstream Space Applications and Data are the economic engine of the Space Sector, with annual income from space applications accounting for roughly three quarters of UK space sector revenue.

Space applications deliver a significant portion of the growth in the space sector and directly or indirectly supports all the activities in the 10-point plan of the National Space Strategy.

The UK Space Agency is committed to delivering an increase in applications that it supports, increasing the economic growth of the sector and promoting the opportunities of space into as many different markets as possible, both nationally and internationally.

The Business Applications and Space Solutions (BASS) programme , in partnership between the UK Space Agency and European Space Agency (ESA), is a commercially focused space applications programme that delivers innovative uses of space assets and data.

Providing unique zero-equity co-funding opportunities through either the permanently open call or thematically focused timebound calls and expert advice on proposals from UK based entrepreneurs to receive funding to bring their services to the forefront in line with national and international priorities. The programme provides access to the ESA marketing networks, both nationally and internationally.

The BASS programme champions the use of space by bringing the benefits of commercial space innovation to the people of the UK. It catalyses our investment to keep the UK at the forefront of the exploitation of space data and space assets through cutting edge applications in sectors such as Agriculture, Health, Climate Change, Finance and Maritime. In the UK, 79.3% of applications to the BASS programme are from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The programme is made up of dozens of individual projects which are run on behalf of the UK, by ESA.

The UK Space Agency wants to show that space is open for business and has the power to improve our everyday lives on Earth.