UK Space Command (@UKSpaceCmd) / X

UK Space Command

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UK Space Command

@UKSpaceCmd

To protect and defend our national and military space interests, and enable our forces to operate globally.

United Kingdom

Joined March 2017

UK Space Command reposted
Dstl
@dstlmod
May 27
Working with @Archangelworks we've achieved the UK’s first successful download of data from space using a deployable laser communications ground station for faster and more secure communications for the UK’s armed forces. @DefenceHQ @LukePollard lnkd.in/eitMmUUD
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National Armaments Director Group
@UKArmaments
May 22
🌌UK military telescope Noctis-1 has released its first images, capturing the ISS and SKYNET military satellites in orbit. New space software Borealis, contracted by us, is now live 6 months early and helps protect the satellites that critical services and our economy depend on.
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UK Space Agency
@spacegovuk
May 22
The new UK Space Agency-@UKSpaceCmd backed Borealis software represents a huge step forward in the UK’s ability to monitor and protect critical space capabilities. 🛰️ Learn more 👇
UK Space Command
@UKSpaceCmd
May 22
Borealis has reached Initial Operating Capability, marking the completion of its initial development as an operational space capability. This image shows Borealis software monitoring Tyche, a UK Space Command satellite currently in Low Earth Orbit 🛰️ gov.uk/government/new…
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UK Space Command
@UKSpaceCmd
May 22
Replying to @UKSpaceCmd
Borealis is a command, control, and data processing system used by UK Space Command and @spacegovuk staff in the National Space Operations Centre. It was rolled out as part of a £65 million, five-year contract with @CGI_UKNEWS
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UK Space Command
@UKSpaceCmd
May 22
Borealis has reached Initial Operating Capability, marking the completion of its initial development as an operational space capability. This image shows Borealis software monitoring Tyche, a UK Space Command satellite currently in Low Earth Orbit 🛰️ gov.uk/government/new…
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UK Space Command
@UKSpaceCmd
May 22
Replying to @UKSpaceCmd @Starlink and 3 others
Noctis-1, formerly called Nyx-Alpha, was built, and is maintained and routinely operated, by Spaceflux, as part of a contract announced in 2023.
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UK Space Command
@UKSpaceCmd
May 22
Replying to @UKSpaceCmd @Starlink and 3 others
This image shows the Chinese TSJ-14 satellite, taken on 6 March 2026 In the background is the Orion Nebula - around 1,500 light years away
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UK Space Command
@UKSpaceCmd
May 22
Replying to @UKSpaceCmd @Starlink and 2 others
Here is the Zarya module of the @Space_Station, taken on 24 April 2026 Zarya was the ISS' first module, launched in 1998. Its primary role today is storage, internally and in its external fuel tanks
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UK Space Command
@UKSpaceCmd
May 22
Replying to @UKSpaceCmd @Starlink and @spacegovuk
This image shows the @DefenceHQ SKYNET 5D satellite, taken on 7 March 2026 SKYNET is the UK government's largest space initiative. Since 1969, numerous generations of SKYNET satellites have provided sovereign satellite communications to the UK
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UK Space Command
@UKSpaceCmd
May 22
Our Noctis-1 sensor is fully operational & monitoring satellites in orbit We have published images taken this year by Noctis-1. This shows a @Starlink satellite in Low Earth Orbit, against a background of the Pinwheel Galaxy - 25 million light years away gov.uk/government/new…
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UK Space Command reposted
Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧
@DefenceHQ
May 22
Released for the first time, images from the Noctis-1 military space telescope. 🔭👀 The UK's extraordinary new Borealis software will use these images and data from multiple sources to give us a faster, clearer picture of everything orbiting Earth. @SciTechgovuk @spacegovuk
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UK Space Command
@UKSpaceCmd
May 14
The Combined Space Operations Initiative has published a statement It highlights how space is more complex, less secure and increasingly contested. The initiative will continue to deliver combined operations, particularly under Operation Olympic Defender gov.uk/government/new…
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UK Space Agency
@spacegovuk
May 14
The National Space Operations Centre has released the April report on the threats from space-related hazards. 🛰️ 🌍 In April, there were: ➡️ 68 uncontrolled re-entries ➡️ 1,194 in-space collision warnings ➡️ 223 newly registered objects in orbit. 👉 orlo.uk/OkO7X
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