13 January 2021
Portugal envision building a spaceport on the Azores islands
...for more than 20 years and its Santa Maria Island in the Azores archipelago is used to host one of ESA’s ESTRACK (ESA's ... adding that is was industry not the government who identified the Azores as a potential place for a spaceport and access to space...
April 2025
Azores rising – Portugal’s Atlantic outpost vying to become space gateway
...broader trend within Europe - the desire for more diversified, flexible and independent access to space. If the Azores can indeed offer an open spaceport model - an infrastructure platform ready to accommodate different commercial rockets and related...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... virtuous circle where launch providers are attracted to the Azores, which in turn, attracts more support from the ... of a preliminary study assessing the feasibility of a site in the Azores. This site also has clear access to a wide range of vertical...
August 2018
Earth observation game-changer
...-surface movements, wave heights, sea ice features and ocean topography. A compressed ICEYE-X1 SAR image of the Azores, Portugal. Beyond military reconnaissance, and as the technology improved over the years, uses for SAR expanded...
January 2019
Engineering six-hour solar eclipses with formation flying
.... The Mission Operation Centre is located at Redu (Belgium) and the ground station antenna is located at Santa-Maria in Azores (Portugal). Being a very advanced In-orbit Technology Demonstration mission with a limited budget and tight schedule, the...
April 2024
Planning, designing and delivering a spaceport
... early appraisal stages can unnecessarily bring projects to a premature end. Santa Maria is the southernmost island of the Azores making it a prime location for a Portuguese spaceport with launches towards the south to LEO. Andøya Spaceport in Norway...
