The Space Zone is one of the most popular features at Farnborough International Airshow offering exceptional opportunities to network with the leading innovators driving this growing sector.
Located within one of Farnborough's incredible sound stages, the Space Zone is the perfect location to showcase the pioneering companies working at the forefront of the space industry and host a 5-day conference programme in our dedicated Space Zone Theatre.
Space Zone Theatre
Explore the key topics set to be discussed in the Space Zone Theatre during FIA2026.
Monday: What's happening now
- Updates from the UK Government and global space agencies, discussing ongoing missions and collaboration.
- International Space Station retirement and what's next
- Space Infrastructure (low earth orbit to cislunar)
Tuesday: Defence and Operations
- Space Situational Awareness to Space Domain Awareness. As space becomes more congested and contested, insight matters more than information.
- National security, economic resilience and global connectivity
- Dual-Use space: Capability, Control and Risk
Wednesday: Impact on Earth
- Navigation systems and building resilience beyond GNSS
- Safety and responsibility in orbit and the management of debris
- Space weather and infrastructure resilience
- Earth observation
- Sustainability
Thursday: Governance and Funding
- Competing regulatory models
- EU Space Act
- Investment and Market Outlook
- Revolutionising global transport
- UK launch capability