July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
..., expensive satellites are replaced with fleets of easily replaced smallsats. A private plane on the ‘Gateway to Space’ apron at Spaceport America. This changing landscape posed severe challenges for the antecedent regulatory regime under the Outer...
03 August 2018
Space activity at Farnborough FIA 2018
... it was supporting the site at the A’ Mhoine peninsula in Sutherland, as being the first vertical launch orbital access Spaceport in Britain for northward direction polar orbit and high inclination Sun-synchronous satellite payloads. The government...
05 June 2019
UK government backs ambitious space plans
...UK space strategy and governance The UK Space Agency and Cornwall Council intend to make available up to £20 million for Spaceport Cornwall and US launch operator Virgin Orbit to develop facilities and operational capabilities that would enable small...
15 July 2016
The Week in Space: Business Digest, July 8-15
...Galactic. So far the British government' policy regarding the spaceport has been limited to helping with the legal and regulatory... small-satellite markets and infrastructure requirements for a spaceport. Rocket Lab wins launch contract from Planet. ...
16 April 2024
An Introduction to the Spaceport Industry
...technological solutions for getting to orbit are changing. As referenced by the book’s subtitle “Runways to Space”, many budding spaceports are sited where long runways already exist, on the assumption that future commercial spaceflight will be based...
05 May 2023
Construction begins at UK mainland's first vertical launch spaceport
...Kristian von Bengtson, Chief Development Officer and Interim CEO of Orbex, said: "Sutherland represents a new breed of spaceport, for a new breed of rocket. This is 21st century, agile spaceflight with sustainability at its core. We're hopefully also...
