19 July 2024
Fire Arrow expands its global spaceport expertise
... been involved in the early development and design of two of Scotland’s spaceports working on both the Sutherland Spaceport vertical launch facility and Prestwick Spaceport horizontal launch facility. Arup’s work with Fire Arrow is poised to broaden...
23 October 2020
UK Spaceport Alliance welcomes launch announcement
...- in parallel with ongoing developments at Space Hub Sutherland and Spaceport 1, as well as horizontal launch sites Prestwick Spaceport, Machrihanish, Llanbedr and Spaceport Cornwall - represents the UK launch sector’s rapid progress towards becoming...
07 August 2020
UK space launch sector builds foundation for collaborative future
...workshop modules - range and trajectory management and governance, spaceport operations, and launch safety and indemnity - will ...create the regulations for safe and responsible launch.” Prestwick Spaceport’s Mick O’Connor stated: “The sector’s success...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
... are currently under development in the Highlands & Islands, in addition to two horizontal launch locations; Prestwick Spaceport, which already boasts a vibrant aerospace hub bolstered by significant infrastructure and transport connections, and...
30 May 2023
Virgin Orbit cuts its losses and ceases operations
... around the country. "Astraius continues to make exciting progress towards horizontal launch from Prestwick Spaceport in Scotland, while two vertical spaceport developments are focused on orbital launch from the Highlands & Islands, both already...
