New figures suggest Space Park Leicester has generated some 拢89 million for the economy in its first 12 months.
The 拢100 million development 鈥 led by the University of Leicester with backing from the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership and city council 鈥 builds on the university鈥檚 decades of expertise in space research, innovation and education.
It also comes as the Space Park joins a new Space City cluster on the northern edge of Leicester, that will create one of the biggest enterprise zones for space-related activities in the 海角视频. The economic impact figures were provided by the university.
Since opening, the space park has won international investment, created 125 new jobs and hosted more than 200 events and visits. More than 20 businesses and organisations are now based there or have operations there, including Rolls Royce, Airbus, Northrop Grumman, Satellite Applications Catapult, CGI, EarthSense and Maxar. The National Centre for Earth Observation also has its headquarters at Space Park Leicester.
Management are currently in talks with potential investors about phase three of the space park鈥檚 plans 鈥 a manufacturing base for small-scale satellite production.
The site鈥檚 executive director Professor Richard Ambrosi said: 鈥淲e are proud of the success achieved in this first year and since the opening of Space Park Leicester and look to the future.
鈥淚t is a testament to the talented team of people working tirelessly across science, engineering, operations and commercial functions.
鈥淲e continue to build on our heritage in the space sciences and look forward to increasing our collaboration with industry, national and international partners.
鈥淥ur ambition for the future is captured by our growing science portfolio and plans to physically expand into a commercially focused additional phase of Space Park Leicester called Digital Space Futures.鈥
The Space City partnership includes Space Park Leicester, University of Leicester, DOCK, National Space Centre, Leicester City Council, and the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP), and is part of the Loughborough and Leicester Science and Innovation Enterprise Zone.
