April 2025
Azores rising – Portugal’s Atlantic outpost vying to become space gateway
...in places like Scotland (SaxaVord in the Shetlands and Sutherland on the mainland), Spaceport Cornwall (for horizontal launches) and Norway’s Andøya. These new spaceports are designed primarily around small and sometimes medium-lift vehicles but many...
16 September 2020
Spaceport developers form new alliance to accelerate UK growth
... Community Company, Argyll. Discussions are also at an advanced stage to welcome wider UK launch sites, including Spaceport Cornwall, to the Alliance in the near future. All five partners have signed a concordat, agreeing to work collaboratively...
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
...trajectories, particularly for vertical rocket launches. Several of the developing UK spaceport locations joined the workshops. Miles Carden, programme director at Spaceport Cornwall, said: “This was a fantastic initiative enabling cross-sector input...
September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
... the UK government’s taskforce to secure regulatory clearance for the first commercial space launch from the UK at Spaceport Cornwall, the first regulated spaceport in Europe. During this time what became increasingly clear was the urgent need for...
