10 June 2019
One-kilometre-wide meteorite impact in UK found
The site of a one-kilometre-wide impact crater that was created when a meteorite struck Scotland 1.2 billion years ago – the largest to have hit the British Isles – has finally been unearthed 11 years ...
14 April 2021
Satellite support for Scottish seafood industry
... as signalling the "innovative, forward-thinking nature of a traditional sector often condemned as old fashioned”. With Scotland being a global leader in seafood production, as well as a rising star in space exploration and satellite technology...
25 October 2017
Firm announces plan to launch rockets from Scotland
... the Reinventing Space conference taking place in Glasgow, Scotland, this week. Edinburgh-based Skyrora, which is ... commitment to the development of the industry,” added Smith. “Scotland is an ideal place from which to operate. Its launch suitability...
18 July 2018
Boost for UK space sector as Scotland and Cornwall to offer spaceport facilities
...airshow, UK, report that Lockheed Martin is to establish vertical launch operations in the remote A'Mhoine Peninsula in Sutherland, Scotland, while at the other end of the country Virgin Orbit has selected Spaceport Cornwall as its preferred base ...
22 July 2022
Astraius plans horizontal rocket launch from Scotland in 2024
... first launch in spring 2024 from Prestwick Spaceport in Scotland after signing deals with two key suppliers for its innovative...base its launch and range operations in the UK at Scotland’s Prestwick Spaceport, which will provide all necessary ground-...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
... in Glasgow than anywhere in the world outside the US West Coast The recent growth of the space industry in Scotland - as part of a wider UK proposition to capture 10 percent of the global space market by the end of the decade - is a prime example...
