Women's Entrepreneurship Day is on the 19th of November. Founded in 2013 the movement was established to bring awareness to the 250 million girls living in poverty globally that deserve to be given a chance in life, while simultaneously inspiring and empowering the 4 billion women on the planet. Space South Central spoke Wenmiao Yu, Co-Founder & Director of Business Development, Quantum Dice about the challenges she faced in the sector, what drew her to space and who inspired her.

The University of Portsmouth has been successful in its bid to host a European Space Agency (ESA) UK ambassador.

Robert Hauge spoke at Space Comm President from SpaceLogistics, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman and thinks they have found a solution to the ever-growing space debris with satellite life extension.

Following the successful completion of the CLEAR mission feasibility study, the consortium, including the University of Surrey, has been awarded a £2.2M follow-up contract by the UK Space Agency to perform the preliminary mission design stage for a new project.

Space South Central held the first meeting of its Advisory Board on 26th September, hosted at the Surrey Research Park. Board members represent a terrific cross section of organisations from across the whole South Central region, all committed to contributing their time an effort to help translate Space South Central’s objectives into actions relevant to the region, promote strategic regional coherence, set priorities and provide direction to ensure objectives are delivered.

Local company space company SSTL announced that it had signed a contract with EECL, an engineering consultancy providing design, manufacturing and test services to the satellite and aerospace sector.

BAE Systems and In-Space Missions unveil plans for a new satellite cluster, as part of the Azalea programme.

ADS and UKSpace release their new Space Sector Outlook guide.

Space South Central members met at Surrey Research Park on 31 August to establish the first benchmarks to drive the economic benefits the space sector offers in the region.

The Space South Central partnership, which launched at the Farnborough International Airshow, brings together more than 120 academic institutions, private companies and public sector organisations in Surrey and Hampshire, helping to support and guide those established within the space industry and those looking to break into it.

Last week Paul Bate, CEO of the UK Space Agency, visited the University of Portsmouth to hear about the future plans for the south-central region’s space sector and meet key regional stakeholders including the University of Surrey, SSTL and those involved in the developing Space South Central partnership.

An event to launch the University of Portsmouth’s ambitious new ‘Mission Space’ strategy brought together over 100 key players in the space sector this week. The event was chaired by Lord David Willets who the government announced on Tuesday as the new Chair of the UK Space Agency’s Board.

Last week the UK Space Agency released the latest Size and Health report on the UK space industry. The report is the primary source of evidence used to track the growth of the UK space sector and is an important resource used for government decision making, whilst informing the delivery of the National Space Strategy.