The UK Space Agency has published a consolidated collection of evaluations and research, including a new Evaluation Strategy and the latest programme impact studies, alongside the most recent industry baseline research. The collection page, published on 13 October 2025, brings together evidence on programme performance, sector outcomes and value for money to inform policy and investment across the UK space sector.
What’s new
- UK Space Agency Evaluation Strategy (13 October 2025) — outlines how the agency will assess its impact and support for the UK space sector.
- Size and Health of the UK space industry 2024 (20 August 2025) — the latest annual research in the longstanding series tracking sector performance.
- Evaluations (process, impact and value-for-money studies) conducted on behalf of the UK Space Agency:
- Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI) — Final Report (23 September 2025)
- Evaluating the benefits of the UK’s investments in the European Space Agency (7 August 2025)
- International Bilateral Fund — Monitoring & Evaluation (26 August 2025)
- Ariel — Monitoring & Evaluation Support (19 August 2025)
- Comet Interceptor — Monitoring & Evaluation Support (19 August 2025)
- National Space Innovation Programme — Evaluation (7 August 2025)
- Unlocking Space for Business — Project monitoring and final report (12 August 2025)
Why it matters for the UK space sector
- Evidence for decisions: A structured evaluation strategy provides a consistent framework to assess outcomes, inform future programme design and target resources effectively.
- Accountability and value: Process, impact and value-for-money studies help demonstrate the effectiveness of public investment in missions, R&D and business support.
- Sector insight: The Size and Health series offers annual benchmarking of the UK space industry, informing policymakers, investors and suppliers about growth, exports, employment and activity trends.
- Programme delivery: Project-level evaluations (e.g., CEOI, Ariel, Comet Interceptor, NSIP) provide feedback loops to improve delivery, partnerships and scientific and commercial impact.
Context and continuity
The Size and Health research series spans multiple years, with editions published in 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and the latest 2024 report published in August 2025. The addition of updated evaluations across flagship missions and funding instruments broadens the evidence base to include mission science, bilateral cooperation and business innovation outcomes.
Access the collection
The full set of documents, including the Evaluation Strategy, sector research and individual programme evaluations, is available via the UK government portal. For details, see the UK Space Agency Evaluations and Research collection.
