04 October 2017
First ever Stratollite launch from Spaceport Tucson
... doors to business. “The FAA recently provided a Certificate of Authorization to World View to launch Stratollite missions from Spaceport Tucson. It features an immense launch pad measuring 700 feet in diameter – about the area of six football fields...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
... a commercial spaceflight market, Ellington Airport (EFD) has the opportunity to ensure Houston’s continued leadership in space. The spaceport designation was the culmination of two years’ work by the Houston Airport System (HAS) and their colleagues...
January 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
.... Turning a daily or weekly launch schedule into a visitor attraction would be a good way to promote and pay for a spaceport Historian Nicholas Hill, who researched the thinking behind the Royal Aircraft Establishment’s apparently unlikely first...
15 July 2016
The Week in Space: Business Digest, July 8-15
...Galactic. So far the British government' policy regarding the spaceport has been limited to helping with the legal and regulatory... small-satellite markets and infrastructure requirements for a spaceport. Rocket Lab wins launch contract from Planet. ...
March 2018
Mapping the dark universe
Euclid is due for launch on a Soyuz-Fregat from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, by mid-2021. The optical/near-infrared survey mission, which is part of ESA’s Cosmic ...
February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
...satellites to launch pads in the USA, French Guiana, Russia or Japan, and increase launch frequency. In addition, becoming a spaceport is a very promising opportunity for smaller coastal airports especially when considering that each launch site will...
