February 2022
A manifesto for Europe in space
... capability to support the EU’s green transition. Our planet’s youth is bursting with ambition, as we saw recently in the streets of Glasgow and beyond during COP-26, albeit mixed with disappointment, anger and perhaps a smudge of hope. It has been...
08 November 2021
Latest gravitational wave catalogue details 35 new detections
... mysteries of how stars, the building blocks of our Universe, evolve,” says Christopher Berry, a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. With observing run number three now complete, the LIGO and Virgo observatories are currently undergoing...
30 May 2016
'The ITU and its Impact on Space Activities' at GLIS 2016
...Khalid Al-Awadi (Telecommunications Regulatory Authority), Daniela Genta (EMEA Satellite Operators Association - ESOA), Robin Geiss (Glasgow University), John Purvis (SES) and Badri Younes (NASA) - will analyze these developments and focus especially...
03 August 2018
Space activity at Farnborough FIA 2018
... allowing the market to select more than one horizontal launch site for orbital access, Prestwick near Glasgow, Llanbedr in Wales and Newquay in Cornwall have emerged as prime contenders. For 2021 timescale launches, the government...
21 August 2020
Scottish spaceport formally approved by Highland Council
..., the launch site is 210 kilometers (130 miles) northwest of Aberdeen and 300 kilometers (190 miles) north of Glasgow. The £17.3-million ($22.72 million USD) project is being undertaken by HIE in conjunction with the UK Space Agency and the...
16 September 2020
Spaceport developers form new alliance to accelerate UK growth
..., and Spaceport 1, Western Isles – along with two that plan to operate plane based, horizontal launches – Glasgow Prestwick Spaceport, and Machrihanish Airbase Community Company, Argyll. Discussions are also at an advanced stage to welcome wider...
