04 November 2022
NASA’s climate change mineral dust detector
... Gate Array)-based system was developed by Alpha Data specialists at its headquarters in Edinburgh, Scotland. The overall instrument was also architected by Alpha Data in Scotland. The EMIT FPIE-D board design is based on a standard Alpha Data COTS...
30 May 2023
Virgin Orbit cuts its losses and ceases operations
... developments 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...
20 June 2023
Orbex teams with Arianespace
... May this year3, Orbex began construction of Sutherland Spaceport (formerly Space Hub Sutherland) on the North coast of Scotland. It is the first vertical launch spaceport to be built on the UK mainland and will become Orbex's 'home' spaceport, where...
17 January 2020
TriSept secures dedicated rideshare mission aboard Orbex Prime
...fall of 2022 from the UK's first spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland. With its expansion into the UK space market already underway... that it is using at its factory in Forres, Scotland, to create the next generation of renewably-fuelled European launch...
05 March 2020
50th Anniversary of Black Arrow's first successful rocket launch
...Moving it from its home in Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland the company has lent the historic exhibit to the... core propulsion system to the innovative Black Arrow, into space from Scotland. Their plan is to launch smallsats into polar orbit. Last month...
16 September 2020
Spaceport developers form new alliance to accelerate UK growth
... near future.” Ability to launch from the UK will provide a boost to the burgeoning small satellite industry in which Scotland is already a market leader. It could also provide the catalyst for growth in a diverse range of other space business...
