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U.K. Minister Details New Government Funding for LEO Innovations

By Rachel Jewett

Friday, April 5th, 2024

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U.K. Minister Details New Government Funding for LEO Innovations

Andrew Griffith, UK Minister of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

The U.K. government has made 60 million pounds ($75.8 million) available for innovations to boost the nation’s satellite communications sector. This is part of a 160 million pound ($202 million) total investment over the next four years in the U.K. Space Agency’s (UKSA) Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit (C-LEO) program. The first funding call launched late last week. Sister publication Via Satellite spoke to Andrew Griffith, Minister of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in the U.K. about the…

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