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UK space strategy and UK satellite infrastructure examined

6 January 2022

The Science and Technology Committee will first scrutinise the successes and failures of space strategies in other countries, exploring areas including national funding strategies, the role of international collaboration, and skills. In the latter part of the session, MPs will hear from the UK's Civil Aviation Authority, questioning the progression of spaceflight regulations and plans to develop these in the future.

Witnesses

Wednesday 12 January 2022

At 9.30am

  • Josef Aschbacher, Director General, European Space Agency

At 10.15am

  • Philippe Baptiste (France), President of CNES (Centre national d'études spatiales—French National Space and Research Centre)
  • Dr. Hiroshi Yamakawa, President, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

At 11.15am

  • Tim Johnson, Director of Strategy & Policy, Civil Aviation Authority
  • Colin Macleod, Head of UK Space Regulation, Civil Aviation Authority

Further information

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