September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
...’ on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital tourism vehicle, VSS Unity. The Unity 22 mission, launched from New Mexico’s Spaceport America and piloted by Dave Mackay and Michael Masucci, provided Branson and three Virgin Galactic employees...
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 ...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
.... Meanwhile, rideshare will remain the primary source of competition. Big picture The number of existing and aspiring spaceports around the world looking to support commercial small satellite launches is growing fast After decades of development, the...
