Spaceflux Lands Key UK Space Tracking Role with Major Contract Wins

UK space startup Spaceflux has emerged as a key strategic partner for Britain’s National Space Operations Centre following three major contract awards over the past three months. The contracts position the company as a primary provider of space monitoring and satellite tracking data supporting both civil and military space operations.

Spaceflux operates a sophisticated global network of approximately 15 electro-optical telescopes equipped with short-wave infrared imaging technology, enabling continuous day and night surveillance capabilities. The company, founded in 2022, maintains operational facilities worldwide and a research laboratory in London.

Under the contract framework, Spaceflux will deliver persistent surveillance across all orbital altitudes—from Low Earth Orbit through Geosynchronous Earth Orbit and beyond. The service combines routine monitoring of priority UK satellites with flexible on-demand tasking capabilities to respond to collision threats, fragmentation events, and unexpected satellite maneuvers.

The company’s initial contract, awarded jointly by UK Space Command and the UK Space Agency in 2023, established Project Nyx Alpha, which included development of a ground-based Space Domain Awareness sensor facility in Cyprus. This facility leverages the UK’s permanent military presence on the island, including RAF Akrotiri, which supports broader Middle Eastern operations and military training activities.

Spaceflux’s recent contract awards total approximately £5.45 million according to Bidstats monitoring of UK government procurement announcements. Two September awards valued £4.5 million, while a November award focused on LEO data collection totaled £551,000.

The company operates within a broader space monitoring consortium that integrates multiple sensor technologies and data sources. Partners include Safran and GMV providing passive radio-frequency geolocation; Look Up contributing radar data; EOS providing laser ranging capabilities; and Optera supplying neuromorphic camera imagery. This fused data architecture feeds directly into NSpOC’s BOREALIS command and control system.

The National Space Operations Centre, jointly operated by the UK Defence Ministry and UK Space Agency, celebrated its first operational year in July. The center currently provides collision warning services to over 90 percent of all UK-licensed satellites, including complete coverage of UK satellites operating in the congested Low Earth Orbit environment.

For Spaceflux, these contracts represent validation of its electro-optical monitoring capabilities and position the startup as essential infrastructure for UK space security. As orbital congestion increases and space domain awareness becomes increasingly critical, companies providing real-time monitoring and threat detection services face growing demand across civil and defense sectors.

Source ID: SRCE-2025-1764187486214-984