CosmoCube Receives 3-Month Study Funding via UKSA Bilateral Missions Call

In January 2023, the CosmoCube mission was awarded a short-term grant under the UK Space Agency’s Call for Bilateral Space Science and Exploration Missions (Category B) to support new mission studies over a period of three months.

This funding enabled the consortium — including Cambridge, RAL Space and Portsmouth — to carry out accelerated concept development work. The study period allowed for refining scientific goals, defining mission architecture, evaluating platform trade-offs, and undertaking preliminary cost and schedule planning.

This Category B grant provided the foundation for converting the CosmoCube concept into a full proposal, marking an important step towards establishing the mission as a leading UK-led space science initiative.