UK Space Agency

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	Peter Kyle; (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.uk/uksa

The United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) is an executive agency of the Government of the United Kingdom, 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;^[3]^[4] it represents the United Kingdom in all negotiations on space matters.^[5]^[6] The Agency "[brings] together all UK civil space activities under one single management".^[3] It is based at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus near Didcot, England.^[7]

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