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New government funding helps UK companies lead the way for future Moon missions UK companies are developing new communication and navigation services needed for future missions to the Moon, thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency From: Credit: ESA In what will be the world’s first commercial servicing of its kind, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), Inmarsat and MDA UK are among those who won contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA), worth just over £2 million in tot...

Date Time New government funding helps UK companies lead way for future Moon missions In what will be the world’s first commercial servicing of its kind, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), Inmarsat and MDA UK are among those who won contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA), worth just over £2 million in total, to shape the infrastructure for future lunar exploration. NASA plans to return to the Moon by 2024 and, working with ESA and other partners, intends to put a Gateway with li...