NI SPACE

NI SPACE NI SPACE facilitates knowledge exchange and maximises potential to drive growth in the sector. What is NI SPACE? Who do NI SPACE support?

NI SPACE is a regional space cluster that has been established to promote and support regional capabilities in both the national and international space sector. The role of NI SPACE will be to develop, inspire and support opportunities with Northern Ireland stakeholders that includes:
o Manufacturing, software and cyber security businesses
o Public sector as users of technology
o Capital fund inve

stors
o Academia and students

What is NI SPACEโ€™s mission? NI SPACE facilitates meaningful knowledge exchange and develops collaborations to maximise potential, drive economic growth and progress the space sector in Northern Ireland. How is NI SPACE funded and who do they work with? Funded by the UK Space Agency, NI SPACE works alongside InvestNI - the regional business development agency, ADS - the national aerospace, defence and security trade association, the UK Space Agency and other established UK space clusters.

๐—ก๐—œ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—–๐—˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——รก๐—ถ๐—น This week, our NI SPACE Cluster Manager Robert Hill attended a meeting at the Dรกil in Dublin, t...
22/05/2026

๐—ก๐—œ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—–๐—˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——รก๐—ถ๐—น

This week, our NI SPACE Cluster Manager Robert Hill attended a meeting at the Dรกil in Dublin, to discuss shared island opportunities in the space sector.

Robert joined industry colleagues, Nick Laird from Shorts, a Boeing Company, Cormac Devlin TD and Alex Burghart MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for discussions on how space can support public sector transformation and strengthen cross-border ESA activity.

Thank you to Frank Shivers from Anglo-Irish Friendship for coordinating the meeting, and to Cormac Devlin TD and Minister Frank Feighan for the warm welcome and productive discussions.

๐ŸŒhttps://nispace.org/

Our Education Manager, David Fearon, was delighted to meet with Ruairรญ McHugh, the Mayor of Derry City & Strabane Distri...
13/05/2026

Our Education Manager, David Fearon, was delighted to meet with Ruairรญ McHugh, the Mayor of Derry City & Strabane District, this week to discuss NI SPACEโ€™s work to inspire the next generation of talent for the local space industry.

Enjoyed meeting with David Fearon Education Manager of NI Space to discuss the array of opportunities in the space industry here. ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿช

David presents an interactive 3D show on space & the universe.

wants to inspire future generations into a pipeline of talent for local industry. ๐Ÿ‘

๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑBuilding on Northern Irelandโ€™s strong advanced manufacturing and engineering ...
11/05/2026

๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ

Building on Northern Irelandโ€™s strong advanced manufacturing and engineering base, initiatives like the recent ๐—ก๐—œ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ are unlocking new pathways into the global space market. Brendan McGuigan, Director of Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering, Invest Northern Ireland, commented:

โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜•๐˜ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜•๐˜, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜œ๐˜’ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜•๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ.

โ€œ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ.โ€

If you are interested in finding out more about the space sector in Northern Ireland, visit: https://nispace.org/

UK Space Agency, ADS Group Ltd, Invest Northern Ireland, Queen's University Belfast, Matrix, The Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel, British Interplanetary Society, Stem Ambassadors Northern Ireland, STEM Learning UK, Space Professionals Partnership Ltd, Irish Space Association, ESA - European Space Agency

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ตโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป Craxel Inc. ๐—ฎ ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป...
07/05/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ตโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป Craxel Inc. ๐—ฎ ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜.

Todayโ€™s digital landscape is defined by unprecedented data challenges. Organisations are struggling to deal with huge volumes of data, complex AI workloads and there is a growing need for real time insights. Craxel is helping organisations in the space industry to unlock the full value of their data for faster insights and smarter decision making.

Craxelโ€™s patented Black Forestโ„ข platform is redefining how complex, high volume data is processed at speed and scale. Enabling large organisations and government agencies to organise and query multidimensional datasets in real time, the platform delivers capabilities that are increasingly vital to the modern space industry. From satellite operations and Earth observation to space traffic management, the ability to analyse complex data is transforming how we understand and interact with space.

The Craxel team are space experts with an in-depth knowledge in SSA and EO analytics, and they have built the Black Forestโ„ข platform so that space organisations can turn distributed, sensitive data into secure, mission ready insights.

The Black Forestโ€™s knowledge infrastructure keeps data sovereign while making it searchable, connected and usable at operational speed, supporting use cases across Space Domain Awareness, Space Situational Awareness and coalition data sharing. By combining graph native analytics, fine grained security, and scalable search across large datasets, the platform is helping the sector move faster from data to decision without compromising control or trust.

Robert Hill, Cluster Manager at NI SPACE commented, โ€œ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.โ€

As the space ecosystem continues to grow, collaboration between data innovators like Craxel and the wider space community will be key to unlocking new opportunities, driving economic growth, advancing research and strengthening our role in the global space sector.

For further information about Craxel, visit: https://www.craxel.com/

29/04/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ!

The ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ž ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜† is now live and your input is crucial.

๐Ÿ”— https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/sizeandhealth2025/

If your organisation works in space in any way, this is your chance to shape the future of the UK space sector.

๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜?
Your responses help inform real decisions on funding, policy and support across the industry. From investment and employment to growth opportunities, the data that you provide is what makes the case for space in the UK.

โฑ๏ธ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜†
โœ” Just 7 questions
โœ” Takes around 10 minutes
โœ” Even partial answers make a difference

๐Ÿ”’ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ
All responses are treated in strict confidence and only used in anonymised, aggregated form.

๐Ÿ“Š ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚?
Participants receive exclusive access to summary report data and insights.

๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†
Help ensure the UK space sector gets the recognition and support it deserves.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜

๐Ÿ”— https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/sizeandhealth2025/

๐Ÿšจ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ - ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ž๐—ฆ๐—” ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ข ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ! LEO is a four month accelerator pro...
24/04/2026

๐Ÿšจ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ - ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ž๐—ฆ๐—” ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ข ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ!

LEO is a four month accelerator programme for early stage space ventures wanting to progress from early validation through to real commercial growth.

Whether youโ€™re shaping an initial idea, refining your business model, or building market traction, LEO gives founders the support they need to take the next big step.

๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ:
๐Ÿ”นDirect access to experts in space, business growth, legal, IP, and operations
๐Ÿ”นTailored 1:1 mentoring and strategic guidance
๐Ÿ”น A structured pathway to accelerate your ventureโ€™s progress

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜†: https://www.ukspaceaccelerator.co.uk/leo

โžก๏ธ Applications close on ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

UK Space Agency, Invest Northern Ireland

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—”๐— ๐—œ๐—– ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ, ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜.NI SPACE was proud to host yesterday's engagement with a delegation from...
17/04/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—”๐— ๐—œ๐—– ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ, ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜.

NI SPACE was proud to host yesterday's engagement with a delegation from Gdaล„sk with colleagues from across Northern Ireland's space ecosystem.

The Gdaล„sk team brought real energy and ambition with a strong focus on space, and smart city innovation shaped by growing collaboration across NATO and European Space Agency - ESA. It made for a genuinely valuable exchange.

The connections between our two regions in advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity and innovation are hard to ignore.

๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ We're excited about what could come next.

UK Space Agency, Queen's University Belfast, ESA - European Space Agency, Stem Ambassadors Northern Ireland, Invest Northern Ireland

13/04/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ - ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

Weโ€™re pleased to announce a free-to-attend event taking place in ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ on the ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, bringing together the public sector, industry, and investment communities from across Northern Ireland and beyond.

๐Ÿ“๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ will explore how space enabled technologies can support more resilient and cost effective public services.

๐Ÿ’ก ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ:

๐Ÿ”นHow the public sector can better utilise space technologies
๐Ÿ”นHow industry can respond with innovative capabilities and IP solutions
๐Ÿ”นHow collaboration can unlock new investment opportunities

As well as regional stakeholders, we will be joined by government leaders, directors and representatives from space offices and institutions from across the European Eurisy network (eurisy.org) to discuss these important topics.

๐Ÿ“… More details will be shared over the coming weeks, but for now, make sure to ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ and ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜!

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCkZ0D4kYWtenL_W1F6gMHEY38C92YshkgAXMClc9LNjKREg/viewform

Spaces are limited, so please register early and help us spread the word by sharing with your networks and communities.

๐Ÿš€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ตโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ก๐—š๐—ข๐—ž๐—”This month weโ€™re highlighting the work of Angoka, a Belfast based cyber security co...
01/04/2026

๐Ÿš€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ตโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ก๐—š๐—ข๐—ž๐—”

This month weโ€™re highlighting the work of Angoka, a Belfast based cyber security company protecting the integrity of machine-to-machine communications across some of the worldโ€™s most critical sectors.

Founded in 2017, Angoka specialises in endpoint data security, ensuring that information transmitted between devices is from a trusted and secure source.

Their work supports secure communications across complex supply chains and infrastructure, aligning closely with the evolving needs of the global space industry.

Their product solutions include:

๐Ÿ”ต ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ (๐— ๐—œ๐— ): offering next generation identity management for every machine, device or workload across digital infrastructures.

๐Ÿ”ต ๐—ญ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ (๐—ญ๐—ง๐— ): simplifies, automates, streamlines and decentralises the operational complexity of machine identity, key management and access control management.

๐Ÿ”ต ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ (๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—”): allows organisations to better understand the threats and risks to their digital infrastructure and business domain.

In a recent space project, the Angoka team delivered a prototype of a 5G and SatCom enabled device that provides UAVs with electronic conspicuity and communication security, including unforgeable ID, device and message authentication and encryption.

Proud to have Angoka as part of the NI SPACE community Robert Hill, NI SPACE Cluster Manager commented,

โ€œ๐˜Š๐˜บ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข โ€˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ,โ€™ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ขโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜œ๐˜ˆ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜œ๐˜’ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ.โ€

As Northern Irelandโ€™s space and advanced engineering ecosystem continues to grow, companies like Angoka demonstrate the regionโ€™s strength in high value, globally competitive technology innovation.

๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—š๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฃ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€The UK Space Agency recently opened applications for local businesses to apply...
23/03/2026

๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—š๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฃ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€

The UK Space Agency recently opened applications for local businesses to apply for a share of up to ยฃ14.7 million in funding through the European Space Agencyโ€™s General Support Technology Programme.

This call gives UK businesses, including NI SPACE members, an opportunity to develop new space technologies from early stage research through to flight ready demonstration.

Offering a strong route to engage nationally through an established programme, weโ€™re delighted to share this opportunity with our community and would encourage our members to review the guidance and consider how this funding could support future projects.

๐Ÿ”—For details on available funding and how to apply, visit the guidance page here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/general-support-technology-programme-gstp

๐Ÿ”—Read the Agency press release here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/14-million-funding-boost-to-power-uk-space-technology-innovation

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