The trade association for the Space sector in Wales with over 100 members. Includes major primes and groups such as Airbus Defence & Space, Teledyne and Amentum and stellar start ups such as Space Forge, B2Space, MicroLink Devices UK and N10gled. High tech companies like Glyndwr Innovations, Arcanum Cyber Security, Snowdonia Space Centre, Newton Launch Systems and great downstream companies like Excelerate Technology Group, Dragon WiFi and Environment Systems. In 2021 the sector in Wales doubled in size compared with the previous year.
We have published the Wales Space Strategy “Wales a sustainable space nation” in partnership with Welsh Government. We have strong academic links with the Wales Academic Space Partnership (WASP). We are linked to our parent company Aerospace Wales and the wider Industry Wales group.
Our Space Wales Leadership Council is chaired by Aerospace Wales CEO John Whalley.
In the words of Space Forge’s CEO Josh Western the launch of the company’s ForgeStar-1 in June 2025, the first satellite designed, developed and built in Wales was “One small step for Space Forge, one giant leap for Wales!”

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