13 December 2023
Orbex awarded £3.3 million as part of ESA initiative
..., Orbex, has been awarded £3.3 million in funding from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) as part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) 'Boost!' initiative, part of ESA’s Commercial Space Transportation Services and Support programme designed to further the...
19 June 2020
New US-UK agreement boosts UK’s spaceport plans
...the first ever launch into space from British soil. This is a key moment for our commercial space industry, and I look ...towards US companies launching from UK spaceports. The commercial space sector already represents hundreds of millions of dollars...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
... facility in West Texas, the State will boast four commercial space facilities in the next three to four years. Collaboration ... but together they can help change the face of the commercial space industry. A spaceport’s strength and its role as a ...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
.... This will require greater funding for FAA/AST, which the bill supports. With the expansion of commercial space utilisation, the absence of appropriate regulation will result in de facto regulation of industry by increasing costs and eventually...
May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
...’s achievements are largely driven by its low price advantage, a weak point for China’s commercial space sector.” “Competition with India for commercial space launches may be inevitable and the most urgent action needed for China is expand its...
September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
... spaceflight economy. ESA is promoting brainstorming activities with space and non-space actors in order to agree on potential ways forward and is seeking to establish marketable commercial space exploration initiatives and to boost the spill-over...
