CosmoCube Gains Early-R&D Funding via UKSA/STFC Call for Next-Generation Space Science Technologies

CosmoCube was among ten UK projects awarded early-stage funding through the UK Space Agency and STFC’s “Technology for Space Science” call. This initiative aims to boost innovation in space-based astronomy, cosmology, astrophysics, and solar system science.

Specifically, the University of Cambridge, together with RAL Space, received support for their proposal on the miniaturisation of high-precision radio receivers for cosmological observations of the Dark Ages from cost-effective space platforms in lunar orbit.

This award enabled the CosmoCube team to begin feasibility work and early design studies, paving the way to explore instrument concepts in purpose-built small platforms. It marked a key first step in laying the technical foundations for the mission.