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 ...
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...
10 January 2023
Virgin Orbit fails to deliver on first launch from UK
... rocket. After successfully taking off from the runway at Spaceport Cornwall and travelling to the designated drop zone, Cosmic .... Expressing her own disappointment, Melissa Thorpe, head of Spaceport Cornwall, said: “We put our hearts and soul into...
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...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
...the ground not only to support activities in space through commercial spaceports, but also to provide a continuous supply of innovation to ... its related working groups (including the UK Spaceport Alliance, Sustainable Space Task Force and Scottish ...
01 March 2016
Georgia, U.S: Space Flight Act passes judiciary committee
...officials, that Camden County, Georgia aims to house the next spaceport. Officials have already put plans in motion to start this ... lawsuits over noise complaints stemming from the possible spaceport in Camden, were also stripped from the measure...
