15 September 2021
Scottish billionaire ends legal challenge to Space Hub Sutherland
... fight against the launch complex planned for A’Mhoine peninsula. The richest man in Scotland had challenged ...deeply disappointed at the outcome of the judicial review for the A’Mhoine spaceport and felt that a justifiable case was presented to the ...
12 February 2020
Planning is submitted for Europe’s first vertical launch site
... vertical launch site could begin later this year, if the planning application for a space hub on the A’ Mhoine peninsula, Melness, near Tongue in Scotland is approved. This would pave the way for the latest generation of small...
24 February 2021
Orbex commissions industrial 3D printer for rocket engines
... Planning permission was granted for Orbex's home spaceport, Space Hub Sutherland, at the A'Mhoine peninsula in Sutherland in August 2020. The A'Mhoine site is currently the only UK spaceport to receive planning permission, with construction expected...
18 July 2018
Boost for UK space sector as Scotland and Cornwall to offer spaceport facilities
...Farnborough International airshow, UK, report that Lockheed Martin is to establish vertical launch operations in the remote A'Mhoine Peninsula in Sutherland, Scotland, while at the other end of the country Virgin Orbit has selected Spaceport Cornwall...
10 December 2020
Orbex secures $24 million funding round for Scottish space launch
... and large-scale production facilities in the Highlands region of Scotland, close to the launch site at the A'Mhoine peninsula in Sutherland. The site was granted planning permission in August 2020 and is expected to begin construction in 2021...
01 November 2022
NASA contractor to oversee Scottish spaceport construction
... with development agency Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) for the spaceport location on community-owned land on the A' Mhoine peninsula in north-west Sutherland. HIE has been developing launch plans for several years and leases the...
