April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
...Hart, CEO, Virgin Orbit; Geoff Brown, Portfolio Holder for Transport, Cornwall Council; and Melissa Thorpe, Head of Engagement for Spaceport Cornwall. Wider message Spaceport Cornwall’s experience has shown that the wider space industry cannot simply...
06 November 2019
UK Space Agency confirms £7.35 million funding to support small satellite launch from Cornwall
..., which Virgin Orbit are planning for the early 2020s, pending regulatory approvals. Spaceport Cornwall estimates a horizontal launch spaceport at Cornwall Airport Newquay could create 150 immediate jobs, with additional opportunities for local...
18 July 2018
Boost for UK space sector as Scotland and Cornwall to offer spaceport facilities
... 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 for one of its first launches of its LauncherOne system outside of its US home. The...
05 June 2019
UK government backs ambitious space plans
... and up to £7.85 million from the UK Space Agency, including a contribution of £0.5 million from the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership. Spaceport Cornwall could create 150 jobs and enable the UK to compete for a share of the...
19 June 2020
New US-UK agreement boosts UK’s spaceport plans
... from government to promote its own launch industry sector, e.g., Skyrora, Orbex, Reaction Engines, Rocket Plane, Spaceport Cornwall, Astroscale, etc. The deal would also give European companies an additional choice when coming to select a launching...
03 August 2018
Space activity at Farnborough FIA 2018
..., as being the first vertical launch orbital access Spaceport in Britain for northward direction polar orbit and high...Prestwick near Glasgow, Llanbedr in Wales and Newquay in Cornwall have emerged as prime contenders. For 2021 timescale launches...
