| Heading: |
Satellites |
| Question ID: |
1785071 |
| UIN: |
HL5825 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-14 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1463 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how many satellites under the control of UK-registered businesses have been launched from overseas locations in each of the past 15 years. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5363 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Vallance of Balham
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Vallance of Balham
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| Answer text: |
728 UK-registered satellites have been launched overseas in the last 15 years. Between 2010 and 2019 there was an average of five and a half UK-registered satellites launched overseas each year, rising to 134.4 launches each year between 2020 and 2024. |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |