UK Space Agency
E323522
The UK Space Agency is the United Kingdom’s government body responsible for civil space policy, funding, and coordination of national space activities and international partnerships.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UK Space Agency canonical | 14 |
| British National Space Centre | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3064076 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UK Space Agency Context triple: [Australian Space Agency, collaboratesWith, UK Space Agency]
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A.
UK Space Command
UK Space Command is a branch of the British Armed Forces responsible for overseeing the United Kingdom’s military space operations, capabilities, and strategy.
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B.
Surrey Space Centre
Surrey Space Centre is a leading UK academic research institution specializing in space engineering, satellite technology, and space missions.
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C.
European Space Research Organisation
The European Space Research Organisation was an intergovernmental scientific body founded in the 1960s to coordinate and develop space research among European countries, and later merged into what became the European Space Agency.
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D.
European Space Agency
The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to space exploration and research, coordinating the space activities of its European member states and partnering with major space agencies worldwide.
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E.
ESA
ESA is a landmark U.S. environmental law that provides for the conservation and protection of threatened and endangered plant and animal species and their habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UK Space Agency Target entity description: The UK Space Agency is the United Kingdom’s government body responsible for civil space policy, funding, and coordination of national space activities and international partnerships.
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A.
UK Space Command
UK Space Command is a branch of the British Armed Forces responsible for overseeing the United Kingdom’s military space operations, capabilities, and strategy.
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B.
Surrey Space Centre
Surrey Space Centre is a leading UK academic research institution specializing in space engineering, satellite technology, and space missions.
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C.
European Space Research Organisation
The European Space Research Organisation was an intergovernmental scientific body founded in the 1960s to coordinate and develop space research among European countries, and later merged into what became the European Space Agency.
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D.
European Space Agency
The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to space exploration and research, coordinating the space activities of its European member states and partnering with major space agencies worldwide.
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E.
ESA
ESA is a landmark U.S. environmental law that provides for the conservation and protection of threatened and endangered plant and animal species and their habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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space agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | United Kingdom civil space activities ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
European Commission
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European Space Agency ⓘ NASA ⓘ UK academic space research community ⓘ UK space industry ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employerOf | UK government civil servants ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
satellite applications
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space exploration ⓘ space policy ⓘ space safety and regulation ⓘ space science ⓘ |
| goal |
ensure safe and sustainable use of space
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promote space science and exploration ⓘ support growth of the UK space sector ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
England
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Swindon ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ Wiltshire ⓘ |
| inception | 2010 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| legalForm | executive agency ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
British Summer Time
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Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| oversees |
UK civil space strategy
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UK contributions to ESA programmes ⓘ UK national space technology programmes ⓘ UK space science missions ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ⓘ |
| partOf |
UK Government
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linked to:
UK government
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| predecessor |
British National Space Centre
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linked to:
UK Space Agency
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| responsibleFor |
UK participation in international space partnerships
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civil space policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ coordination of UK national space activities ⓘ funding of UK civil space programmes ⓘ representing the UK in international civil space fora ⓘ |
| sector |
aerospace
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science and technology ⓘ space ⓘ |
| shortName | UKSA ⓘ |
| topicOf | United Kingdom space policy ⓘ |
| website | https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-space-agency ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: UK Space Agency Description of subject: The UK Space Agency is the United Kingdom’s government body responsible for civil space policy, funding, and coordination of national space activities and international partnerships.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: UK Space Agency
subject linked to:
Beagle 2 lander
linked to: UK Space Agency
linked to: UK Space Agency
linked to: UK Space Agency