February 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
... airfields in Scotland, Wales and England that could potentially host a British spaceport and be in operation by the end of the decade. The eight potential spaceport locations – all on the coast – are Campbeltown Airport (Scotland), Glasgow...
16 September 2020
Spaceport developers form new alliance to accelerate UK growth
... economic growth in the market. John Innes, chair of the Scottish Space Leadership Council said: “The new Spaceport Alliance is a major step forward in the development of a collaborative sectoral approach to develop the UK space sector. “SSLC has...
03 August 2018
Space activity at Farnborough FIA 2018
... it was 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...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... and international support - from ESA, for example - along with financial grants from investors. The main British spaceport contender has received government funding, and two others are demonstrating equal, if not greater viability. At the...
19 July 2024
Fire Arrow expands its global spaceport expertise
A UK firm focused on leveraging expertise that its team has built up working across multiple British spaceport projects to support spaceport developments across the globe has announced its first in a series of high-profile strategic partners. It has ...
20 May 2020
Skyrora completes first UK ground rocket test in 50 years
British satellite firm Skyrora has completed a static test of its ...; a move that now paves the way forward for the rocket to launch from a British spaceport as early as spring 2021. “We have successfully static tested a fully integrated, sub-orbital...
