About US
PrimarySpace is founded on the belief that Earth’s future will depend, in part, on the perspectives, knowledge and capabilities developed by people working in the space sector. Becoming better custodians of our own planet and responsible space citizens will be vital for the future of the human species.
katherine courtney
founder of primary space
Katherine Courtney FRAeS is a strategic advisor helping innovative tech businesses start-up and scale-up. She’s the founder of SpaceSouth – an initiative to grow the South Coast space economy - and PrimarySpace – building STEM engagement for primary schools.
In her early career, she developed new global telecoms services as a senior executive with Cable & Wireless plc, BT Brightstar, and a series of international start-up companies.
She then led a number of flagship cross-government tech-enabled transformation programmes. In her last public sector role, as UK Space Agency CEO - she mobilised the UK market for space launch; established UK leadership over key European Space Agency programmes; and supported astronaut Tim Peake's highly successful Principia Mission - inspiring a future generation of scientists and engineers.
Katherine lives in Brighton with her husband and three young children.
PrimarySpace Core Values
Safety: safeguarding of children is our top operational priority.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: we actively strive to provide diverse role models in terms of background and identity, understand and address systemic barriers to space and STEAM, and promote industry inclusion of all people in the space sector.
Potential: all children have the capacity to learn and develop their creativity, critical thinking and problem solving skills
Collaboration: everyone has something to contribute - we achieve greater things by working with others.
Curiosity: there is no such thing as a silly question - asking questions and finding out the answers is how we learn best!
