{"id":408944,"date":"2026-02-05T08:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/408944\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T08:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:27:08","slug":"new-space-satellite-lab-at-harwell-puts-uk-on-the-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/408944\/","title":{"rendered":"New space satellite lab at Harwell &#8216;puts UK on the map&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Electric propulsion allows satellites to manoeuvre, maintain their orbits, and travel further into space whilst using less fuel than traditional chemical rockets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">To facilitate the technology&#8217;s development, the new Harwell site features various areas, including a 2-metre-wide vacuum chamber where thrusters can be tested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The facility was part-funded by the UK Space Agency, which invested \u00a31.8m into the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dr Paul Bate, the agency&#8217;s chief executive, said the new lab was a &#8220;fantastic example of how targeted investment can deliver real impact&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Electric propulsion is fundamental to the future of satellite technology, and by providing accessible testing capabilities, DEEP Lab will accelerate innovation across the industry,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mark Stokes, co-founder and CEO of the main users of the site, Magdrive, added that the new facility would &#8220;create new opportunities for collaboration and discovery&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Electric propulsion allows satellites to manoeuvre, maintain their orbits, and travel further into space whilst using less fuel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-408944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}