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It used to be easier before Brexit. Nowadays the might bad well launch from Kazakhstan

Yep, completely impossible to have any diplomatic relations with any nations at all post-brexit. No possible way they'd like to get the tourism and investment that comes from space launches.

Lets not be silly, as much as brexit was foolish, the UK will still work in the ESA closely and will still be on very good terms with the vast majority of nations on the planet.

ESA isn't an EU agency, it's independent.

You could say the same about Euratom, but we're leaving that, because membership requires accepting the authority of the European Court of Justice in some areas. I wouldn't be surprised if there were minor entanglements that made continuing to play a major part in ESA difficult.

Euratom is in a very special situation there in that the treaties related to Euratom makes it subject to ECJ jurisdiction, which is one of the "red lines" of the UK government.

ESA is not in the same situation and e.g. Norway is a member of ESA and Canada sits on the ESA council under a Cooperation Agreement.

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