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Setting the pace for UK space.

400+ organisations.
The UK’s fastest-growing space cluster.

Your route into space

Connect with the businesses, universities and funders building a £17.5bn industry.

Funding to get you off the ground

Grants, labs and expertise to help businesses in the East move into space.

In orbit together

Showcases, workshops and expos across the East of England and beyond.

Setting the pace for UK space.

400+ organisations.
The UK’s fastest-growing space cluster.

Accelerating growth and connection

Space East is the UK’s fastest-growing space cluster and widely considered the benchmark for how a regional cluster should work. Find out more about us below. 

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Space East brings together 400+ organisations across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire and across industry, academia and government. Connecting them to the peers, funding and backing they need to grow.

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Space and satellite technologies are already at work across the region’s leading industries and organisations: defence & critical national infrastructure, food and agriculture, offshore wind, coastal and marine science, health and social care, and transport and logistics. Combined with anchor assets including Adastral Park, Norwich Research Park, Hethel Innovation, OrbisEnergy, CEFAS, the University of East Anglia and the University of Suffolk, Space East gives members a direct route into a genuinely connected space economy.

As the UK Space Agency designated cluster for the East of England, Space East is part of a national network of 14 regional clusters, with regional strengths in artificial intelligence, 5G communications, agri-tech, life sciences and quantum technology feeding directly into commercial opportunity.

A fast-growing national opportunity

The UK space sector generated £18.6 billion in income in 2024 and supports over 55,000 jobs across nearly 1,900 organisations (UK Space Agency, Size and Health of the UK Space Industry, 2024).

As a UK Space Agency–designated cluster, Space East provides the East of England a direct path towards growth – and a dedicated voice to best represent the future needs of the region. 

Events – Past, Present and Future

    400+ organisations. One network.

    From start-ups to primes, universities to government – explore who’s already part of the East of England’s space economy.

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    Supported by

    In addition to a growing regional network of businesses, universities and research institutes, Space East has active engagement and support from UK and European agencies.
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      Read the evidence:
      the Connected Space Economy report

      See how space capability across the East of England is already driving growth in ports, farming, health and energy.

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