Space Missions: The Executive Guide to Space

The Executive Guide to Space will provide a strategic overview of the Space industry and landscape. It will explore the technical and engineering challenges of building something to operate in space, providing insights to all aspects of a space mission. Equipping attendees with vital context and awareness around what is required for successful entry into the space industry. The course material provides a high-lever overview well suited to those looking to support space activities within their business or organisation. The Executive Guide to Space is delivered by the University of Leicester, with over 6 decades of experience in space, including significant roles in major missions including James Webb Space Telescope, JUICE, BepiColombo, and Earth Observation missions, working with ESA, NASA, JAXA and a wide range of international industry and academic partners. The University has end-to-end capability, covering the earliest phases of concept development, including fundamental scientific and engineering drivers, through to assembly, integration and testing, launch support, operations and data exploitation. The course team are all involved in the development and delivery of skills and training at Undergraduate, Postgraduate and CPD levels, alongside the design, operation and analysis in many of the of the 100+ space mission the University of Leicester has been involved in. The course is delivered in the state-of-the-art Space Park Leicester facility, the multi-disciplinary home of space science in the heart of Leicester’s Space City Campus. There are no formal Entry requirements. The course has been designed as an executive overview so some knowledge technical knowledge may be helpful but it is not required. If your first language is not English, you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability. If you do not yet meet our requirements, our English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) offers a range of courses to help you to improve your English to the necessa

International students: This £100 million development is the world’s first science and innovation park dedicated to – and specifically designed for – space-related companies and researchers. Offering 9,700 square metres of laboratories, workshops, offices, teaching spaces, manufacturing facilities and specialist computational environments including a Concurrent Design Facility and a Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality lab, focussing primarily on research, development and applications of space

UK students: The 3-day programme costs £1,000. Lunch and refreshments are provided each day.

UK/Home: The 3-day programme costs £1,000. Lunch and refreshments are provided each day.

International: This £100 million development is the world’s first science and innovation park dedicated to – and specifically designed for – space-related companies and researchers. Offering 9,700 square metres of laboratories, workshops, offices, teaching spaces, manufacturing facilities and specialist computational environments including a Concurrent Design Facility and a Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality lab, focussing primarily on research, development and applications of space

2026

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• Leicester, Campus-based, United Kingdom