The UK government’s plan to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in a satellite broadband company has been described as “nonsensical” by experts, who say the company doesn’t even make the right type of satellite the country needs after Brexit.
Ministers spent £64m on post-Brexit ‘British GPS’ scheme before it was abandoned and shut down
13/10/2020
The UK Space Agency rented premium office space on a six-year lease before the programme was ended in September.
The UK's final big industrial contribution to the EU's Galileo sat-nav system has been delivered.
‘Unacceptable’ lack of progress on alternative to EU’s Galileo project after Brexit, says committee.
PM and chancellor back purchase of 20% stake in troubled US operator OneWeb.
Ministers reportedly exploring alternatives to plan announced in 2018 to build rival to EU’s Galileo project.
UK’s Rival to Galileo - A Brexit Farce
30/07/2020
The sorry tale of Britain’s as-yet-unnamed rival to the EU’s Galileo programme took another unexpected, miserable and hugely expensive turn in the past few days.
UK’s £5bn ‘vanity project’ sat-nav system scrapped with government urged to rejoin EU scheme
21/09/2020
A government-backed satellite project to rival the EU’s has been scrapped and labelled nothing more than a “vanity project” by a former Tory defence minister.