Oxford Space Systems Limited announces that it has completed an equity investment round of c. £3 million to fund growth opportunities that it has identified in the UK and export markets. The funding round was predominantly taken up by existing investors in the company. 

Oxford Space Systems has seen rapid growth over the past two years, with revenues tripling, 5 successful antenna deployments in space and employee numbers growing from 50 to 87. In addition, the company has invested in additional deployable antenna product development and manufacturing capabilities at its Harwell test and assembly facility and at its new Abingdon composite manufacturing site. As part of this expansion the company, alongside strategic partners, have identified additional high growth product opportunities, which utilise existing capabilities, to add to existing growth plans. These include variants of the successful Wrapped Rib Synthetic Aperture Radar antenna architecture, a Hinged Rib high frequency antenna for intersatellite communications and a terrestrial antenna for rapid deployment/high performance connectivity. The company has decided to pursue these opportunities, and has secured partner and grant funding to co-fund their development together with the growth capital equity round announced today. 

Sean Sutcliffe, Chief Executive of Oxford Space Systems, said; 

“We are proud and delighted at the progress Oxford Space Systems has made in recent years, building its product range, customer base and revenues. This growth round will enable us to seize the initiative to develop further high potential products, and to expand our market reach beyond that previously envisaged and into high frequency satellite communication markets, both in space and on the ground. I am pleased that our existing partners and shareholders have shown confidence in backing our growth plans with further investment”. 

About Oxford Space Systems: 

Oxford Space Systems is a venture capital backed, growth stage space technology business founded in 2013 with a vision to be the global leader in deployable antennas for Space. Oxford Space Systems moved into its own custom-built facility on the Harwell Campus in October 2018 and in 2022 established a metal mesh manufacturing capability alongside its antenna assembly and integration facility that is configured to deliver batches of antennas for customers’ satellite constellation programmes. In January 2023 Oxford Space Systems opened a new composite manufacturing facility in Abingdon, Oxfordshire to scale up internal capability to manufacture composite materials and components for deployable antennas. 

Oxford Space Systems are actively recruiting, see our vacancies here.