We aim to publish the following within six weeks of a licence being granted
- The Spaceport, Spaceflight Operator or Range Control Services licence
- The Reporting Plan as issued with the original licence
Revisions to the Reporting Plan will not be published.
We will also publish Large Rocket Permissions under the Air Navigation Order 2016.
Documents associated with assessments of environmental effects are available upon request by emailing commercialspaceflight@caa.co.uk
Details of satellites which have been licensed and registered by the UK can be found in:
This is a register of space objects where the UK is the 'launching state', and in line with the United Nations Convention on the Registration of Space Objects 1976 (‘Registration Convention’) section 7 of the Outer Space Act 1986 and section 61 of the Space Industry Act 2018
UK supplementary registry of space objects
A register of space objects where Outer Space Act and Space Industry Act licences have been issued but where the UK is not the 'launching state' for that space object. It also registers objects where it was jointly determined that another 'launching state' should register that object with the United Nations.
Spaceport
|
Licence |
Oversight and Monitoring Plan |
Company |
Location |
Issued |
| ORS10 2022-002 |
Cornwall Airport Limited |
Newquay Airport, Cornwall |
15 November 2022 |
|
| ORS10 2023-03 |
Shetland Space Centre Limited |
Unst, Shetland, Scotland |
15 December 2023 |
Launch
|
Licence |
Oversight and Monitoring Plan |
Company |
Horizontal or vertical |
Issued |
| ORS10 2022-003 |
Virgin Orbit, LLC defunct |
Horizontal |
20 December 2022 |
Range Control
|
Licence |
Oversight and Monitoring Plan |
Company |
Location |
Issued |
|
Virgin Orbit, LLC defunct |
Newquay |
20 December 2022 |
||
| ORS10-2024-001
|
ORS10-2024-002 |
Shetland Space Centre Limited |
Unst, Shetland, Scotland |
23 April 2024 |
Air Navigation Order (ANO) Rocket
|
Licence |
Oversight and Monitoring Plan |
Company |
Horizontal or vertical |
Issued |
|
Not applicable |
HyImpulse |
Vertical |
07 August 2023 |
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