<正>The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has been away from the industry limelight due to the extensive collaboration with its various European counterparts.But as most UK citizens voted on June 23,2016,to opt-out of the European Union (EU),UKSA is in the spotlight from the past three years.Historically,the UK has been one of the significant partners of the European Space Agency (ESA),through which the EU was able to build and develop various technical capabilities forspace science and technological research.The country had one of the prime positions in the Galileo project——European Global