20 January 2021
SpaceX buys two oil rigs to use as floating Starship launchpads
... Engineers in Brownsville,” and from tweets by Musk hinting at the acquisition. “SpaceX is building floating, superheavy-class spaceports for Mars, moon, & hypersonic travel around Earth,” tweeted Musk in June last year. Starship is Musk’s huge...
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...
27 July 2018
UK new space launch capability to be discussed at Global MilSatCom 2018
... are collaborating in this new era of SATCOM and more. Focus day presenters include: Mr Miles Carden, Director, Spaceport Cornwall Mr Scott Hammond, Programme Director, Shetland Space Centre Mr Luis Gomes, Chief Technical Officer, Surrey Satellite...
07 August 2020
UK space launch sector builds foundation for collaborative future
... workshop modules - range and trajectory management and governance, spaceport operations, and launch safety and indemnity - will be ... the regulations for safe and responsible launch.” Prestwick Spaceport’s Mick O’Connor stated: “The sector’s success ...
September 2024
Hypersonics and the route to orbit
...Show where Space Engine Systems was part of the Spaceport Cornwall booth. At least this latter research was...and another to Cornwall, UK, as part of its collaboration with Spaceport Cornwall. Meanwhile, SES has established a separate entity, Space ...
22 July 2022
Astraius plans horizontal rocket launch from Scotland in 2024
... would allow Astraius to offer an industry-leading capability for small satellite launches to LEO. “We will not be confined to a spaceport or by the weather in the same way that vertical launchers are,” he added. “With horizontal launch wherever that...
