脱欧开启了英国探索太空的新纪元。脱欧后,尤其是被排挤出欧盟伽利略卫星导航系统后,英国调整太空战略,恢复太空发射计划,增强太空商业竞争力,谋求成为新太空时代的重要参与者和领导者。英国政府统筹航天部门、工业界与科学界,摒弃传统的依赖欧洲与美国的太空二元发展体系,向增强本国独立自主能力、加强与欧洲空间局商业合作和深化与美国等盟友太空军事合作的“三轮”体系转变。英美太空军事联盟是脱欧后英国太空力量建设的重要支柱,弥补脱欧后太空军事力量的不足,增强太空威慑力,高层互访、太空军事演习是双边军事联盟建设的主要依托。当前,太空产业链竞争力较弱、太空安全主权自主能力不足、太空平衡失衡等,制约英国太空发展。英国加快进军太空、参与太空事务也对太空治理产生多方位影响。
Brexit has ushered in a new era of British space exploration. After Brexit,and especially after being excluded from the EU’s Galileo navigation system,the UK has adjusted its space strategy,resumed its space launch program,and sought to become an important participant and leader in the new space era. By coordinating the space sector,industry and science,the UK government has abandoned the traditional dual space development system,which relies on Europe and the US,and shifted to a “three-wheel” system that enhances the country’s independence,strengthens commercial cooperation with the European Space Agency,and deepens space militarycooperation with the US and other allies. The UK-US space military alliance is an important pillar of the UK’s space power construction after Brexit. It can make up for the decline in space power caused by Brexit and enhance space deterrence,high-level visits and space military exercises being the main support for the construction of bilateral military alliance. At present,the UK’s space development is hampered by the weak competitiveness of the space industry chain,lack of sovereignty and autonomy in space security,and imbalance in space balance. The UK’s accelerated entry into and participation in space affairs has also had a multi-dimensional impact on space governance.