October 2024
Spaceport America’s road to the future
... We’re in a remote area on 18,000 acres of land so we’ve been able to develop three distinct areas – the horizontal launch area (HLA), vertical launch area (VLA), and an advanced technology area (ATA). In the latter we have SpinLaunch, a company that...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
... – the tenth such facility in the US. Based at Ellington Airport, its proximity to a large population limits activity to horizontal launches and landings by spacecraft. But it provides the opportunity to develop space-related industries, research and...
July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
... operating in space)”. The coverage of both sub-orbital and space activities within the SIA is intended to include horizontal launch craft that mimic aircraft that use airspace. It is not intending to replace the existing Civil Aviation Authority...
November 2021
Space launch emergency response
... mode of spaceflight activity that the launch site expects to undertake. For Horizontal Launch Site Operators (HLSOs), whose rockets ... the standards and operational procedures required for both horizontal and vertical LSOs. One area that will require...
April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
... additional common-use infrastructure will pave the way for future commercial use, which will include horizontal launch and landing capabilities. Space Florida has made great progress in modernising and re-purposing Air Force and...
30 May 2023
Virgin Orbit cuts its losses and ceases operations
... United States and accelerating spaceport developments around the country. "Astraius continues to make exciting progress towards horizontal launch from Prestwick Spaceport in Scotland, while two vertical spaceport developments are focused on orbital...
