24 June 2022
UK to lead review of space legislation and financial support for debris removal
Britain says it plans to develop a number of initiatives to help protect the increasingly crowded near-Earth orbital environment. Its ‘...
30 May 2023
Virgin Orbit cuts its losses and ceases operations
..., the company slashed 85 percent of its workforce. As part of its wider programme to deliver commercial launch capabilities to Britain, the UK Space Agency (UKSA) was strongly supportive of Virgin Orbit's first mission from Cornwall Spaceport, which...
18 December 2024
EU to launch advanced constellation to counter Musk’s Starlink
... post-Brexit - so unless something changes this announcement represents a further widening of Europe’s security gap with the UK. Britain could apply to be part of the programme under article 218, or even in R&D aspects through ESA, but so far has...
15 July 2016
The Week in Space: Business Digest, July 8-15
Britain selects international teams to study possible spaceport. The feasibility study contracts are valued at a total of 1.5 million British ...
25 April 2018
New Skyrora launch vehicle focused on UK lift-off!
... really burst into life in recent months - space is more topical now than it has been for decades in Britain. The opportunity to engage with the local supply chain over the past year and now to prepare...
03 August 2018
Space activity at Farnborough FIA 2018
...supporting the site at the A’ Mhoine peninsula in Sutherland, as being the first vertical launch orbital access Spaceport in Britain for northward direction polar orbit and high inclination Sun-synchronous satellite payloads. The government is giving...
