04 February 2022
NASA’s real-life “Don’t Look Up” programme
... of the two final telescopes, which are located at Sutherland Observing Station in South Africa and El Sauce Observatory in... Moon, about 240,000 miles away. On 22 January, ATLAS-Sutherland in South Africa discovered its first NEO, 2022 BK, a 100 ...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
... launch in Scotland. In total, there are seven prospective UK launch sites, including the Shetland Isles, the Hebrides, Sutherland, Campbeltown and Prestwick (all in Scotland), and Snowdonia in Wales. It is unlikely that all will be developed, simply...
18 July 2018
Boost for UK space sector as Scotland and Cornwall to offer spaceport facilities
... International airshow, UK, report that Lockheed Martin is to establish vertical launch operations in the remote A'Mhoine Peninsula in Sutherland, Scotland, while at the other end of the country Virgin Orbit has selected Spaceport Cornwall as its...
24 February 2021
Orbex commissions industrial 3D printer for rocket engines
... around the Earth. Planning permission was granted for Orbex's home spaceport, Space Hub Sutherland, at the A'Mhoine peninsula in Sutherland in August 2020. The A'Mhoine site is currently the only UK spaceport to receive planning permission, with...
February 2017
Global robotic network for monitoring near-Earth and outer space
... II is located, for example, the Canary Astrophysical Institute Observatory (Tenerife, Spain), the 10 m SALT telescope observatory (Sutherland, South Africa) and the Felix Aguilar Observatory (Argentina) to name but a few. With a projected timeline...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... the site. For vertical launch, there has been UK government support for a spaceport at Melness, near Tongue in Sutherland in the far North of Scotland, with interest from launch providers Lockheed-Martin and Orbex, although there...
