Licences granted and registers of space objects

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Revisions to the Reporting Plan will not be published.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.

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 2022-001	ORS10 2022-002	Cornwall Airport Limited	Newquay Airport, Cornwall	15 November 2022
ORS10 2023-02	ORS10 2023-03	Shetland Space Centre Limited	Unst, Shetland, Scotland	15 December 2023

Close Spaceport

Launch

Licence	Oversight and Monitoring Plan	Company	Horizontal or vertical	Issued
ORS10 2022-003	ORS10 2022-004	Virgin Orbit, LLC defunct	Horizontal	20 December 2022

Close Launch

Range Control

Licence	Oversight and Monitoring Plan	Company	Location	Issued
ORS10 2022-005	ORS10 2022-006	Virgin Orbit, LLC defunct	Newquay	20 December 2022
ORS10-2024-001	ORS10-2024-002	Shetland Space Centre Limited	Unst, Shetland, Scotland	23 April 2024