The logo to be used on the sides of the next-year’s rockets from UK Spaceports will be created by primary school-aged children.
Contests by the UK Space Agency are open to all children in the country. They will be running until March 11, 2022. This ensures that parents, teachers, and kids have plenty of time to participate.
You can either enter a child alone or with a team of four. Submissions can include drawings, paintings and designs made on a computer.
Winners from each region will receive a special prize, while all entrants will have the opportunity to download their own personalised LaunchUK participation certificate.
The agency stated that finalist may have an opportunity to go along with other participants at the launch of small climate and communications satellites.
A second contest — which will see entrants design a satellite to help inform solutions to climate change — is also being opened to older students (aged 16+) and adults.

Primary-school children can enter a competition to design the logo for the rockets that are launched next year from UK spaceports.
Following from the Government’s National Space Strategy, the UK will be the first country in Europe to host small satellite launches.
‘Next year, small satellites will launch from UK spaceports for the very first time, helping to support our world-leading Earth observation capabilities and create high-skilled jobs across the country,’ said UK Space Agency deputy CEO Ian Annett.
He added: ‘This competition offers young people the chance to learn more about this exciting activity and hopefully inspire them to be the next generation of space talent and be part of the UK’s thriving space sector.’
Logo designs submitted to the competition should reflect how data collected from small satellite missions can help us develop solutions to tackle climate change.
According to the UK Space Agency, around half of the different types of data needed to accurately monitor the Earth’s climate are presently collected by satellites.
They relay regular data to scientists on such measurements as the extent of the polar ice caps, shifts in global sea levels, the temperatures of the oceans and deserts — and even counts of endangered animals like walruses and whales.
The UK is playing a key role in three upcoming satellite missions — MicroCarb, TRUTHS and Biomass — which will, respectively, measure carbon emissions, improve climate data and monitor the health of the world’s forests.
Sutherland was selected by the UK Space Agency to be Britain’s first Spaceport. It is located on Scotland’s North Coast.
Other proposed locations for the UK’s spaceports are Newquay in Cornwall, Snowdonia in North Wales and — in Scotland — the Western Isles, Glasgow, Machrihanish and Shetland.

Sutherland was selected by the UK Space Agency to be the UK’s first commercial spaceport. It is located on Scotland’s North Coast. Artist’s rendering of the British Spaceport
‘2022 will be a historic year for the UK space and satellite industry, with the exciting prospect of the first small satellites launching from British soil,’ said UK Science Minister, George Freeman.
He added that ‘The strength and viability of the space industry’ is dependent on recruiting future talent.
“This contest is an opportunity for children to show off their creative skills and learn more about satellites.
Online entries can be made via the UK Space Agency Logo Competition Website. Also, postal entries are accepted.