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...
11 January 2019
Revolutionary "Chameleon" satellite ready for final assembly
... off, custom machines designed for a specific use or market. Not any more. Commissioned by Eutelsat and built in Britain by Airbus and Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) in Portsmouth and Guildford, EUTELSAT QUANTUM is the first satellite capable...
05 March 2019
New British spaceflight company set for launch
... has not, however, launched a satellite for fifty years. Black Arrow Space Technologies aims to correct that. Britain is now at the forefront of a burgeoning space race, with companies like Black Arrow Space Technologies spearheading the...
