2. National Space Park Vision
Develop a global hub & collaborative community based on Space and Space-enabled technologies
Ambitious initiative to support UK’s ability to capture & develop economic growth opportunity
Brokering new markets drawing on space derived data
Developing fields of space informatics & space enabled engineering
Medium term impact on downstream growth & upstream demand
Meeting the skills needs of the sector
National infrastructure, complementing Harwell & other regions

3. Government wants this to happen
National Space Policy Jan 2016
“Government will ensure that the growth benefits of the space industries are felt at local level as well as nationally, linking with Local Enterprise Partnerships and the Devolved Administrations. It will support “downstream” clusters of companies that can utilise space to deliver innovative products or services into space enabled markets that align with local smart specialisations.”

4. Physical & Conceptual Design
Shared access to research Infrastructure
Satellite testing & integration facility
National Space Centre/Space Academy
Enterprise Zone
Regional, national & international academic partners
What does it look like.
Go through features and draw out the benefits

5. Leicester Institute of Space & Earth Observation4 3 2 1
Dock
National Space Centre
Abbey Pumping Station
Leicester Institute of Space & Earth Observation

6. Industrial Strategy
Space & Satellite Technologies a key challenge area
“To create UK economic wealth, & an economy that works for everyone, by overcoming challenges using satellite-based technologies in areas such communications, navigation & Earth observation.”
Large global market, significant UK capability
Meeting demand for skills, with NSC
Opportunity for Leicester in low cost access to space
Satellite constellations
Servicing UK launch capability
Use of space & EO data

7. Benefits to the Economy
Government targeting 10% of a £400B global space market
Devolution and regional investment needed to achieve the growth
Leicester & Leicestershire has established cluster of space-enabled business
These will grow as a result of the Space Park
Estimate at least 500 new jobs
High quality (shortage in this region)
Potentially many more