April 2025
Azores rising – Portugal’s Atlantic outpost vying to become space gateway
..., new launch sites are springing up or are in advanced planning 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...
02 August 2016
Astronomers detect large void in the centre of our Galaxy
..., Matsunaga and team used the Infrared Survey Facility (IRSF) 1.4-m telescope and the SIRIUS IR camera located at Sutherland, South Africa, to make their observations. To their surprise however, their analysis showed a distinct lack of any Cepheids...
08 February 2019
New Orbex rocket revealed
... on the final leg of their journey into polar or sun-synchronous orbit from the planned Moine Spaceport in Sutherland, on Scotland’s north coast. The stage is topped by a disposable split payload fairing to protect the cargo of satellites during...
14 January 2022
Eco fuel to power Orbex rocket
.... The test site is expected to be fully operational this spring way for Orbex to launch Prime from Spaceport Sutherland in the North of Scotland later in the year. The use of Calor's BioLPG instead of conventional rocket fuels such...
10 January 2023
Virgin Orbit fails to deliver on first launch from UK
... with the debut of our UK-built environmentally-friendly rocket, Prime. We will be launching from our own pad at Sutherland Spaceport in Scotland in the near future.”
19 July 2024
Fire Arrow expands its global spaceport expertise
... has also been involved in the early development and design of two of Scotland’s spaceports working on both the Sutherland Spaceport vertical launch facility and Prestwick Spaceport horizontal launch facility. Arup’s work with Fire Arrow...
