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Seventh Report - UK space strategy and UK satellite infrastructure: reviewing the licencing regime for launch
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
HC 1717
Published 14 July 2023
Recommendations
5
Deferred
Para 33
Publish plans for ongoing government financial support to the UK space launch sector
Recommendation
We are pleased to see the progress being made at spaceports across the country and with the pace at which SaxaVord Spaceport, which has been almost entirely privately funded, is developing. SaxaVord Spaceport is now likely to be the first …
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Government Response Summary
The government deflected from addressing financial support for the UK launch sector by referencing a letter about publishing outcomes of work on Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) by autumn.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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8
Deferred
Publish the Position, Navigation and Timing Strategy without further delay alongside this report response
Recommendation
The Government continues to delay key decisions that need to be made about the UK’s critical Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) capabilities. It has long promised to update its PNT strategy but work on this topic has been passed between …
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Government Response Summary
The government defers the publication of its Position, Navigation and Timing Strategy, stating DSIT hopes to publish the outcome of its work by autumn of this year at the latest, rather than alongside the report response as recommended.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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