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...
06 November 2019
UK Space Agency confirms £7.35 million funding to support small satellite launch from Cornwall
... Virgin Orbit are planning for the early 2020s, pending regulatory approvals. Spaceport Cornwall estimates a horizontal launch spaceport at Cornwall Airport Newquay could create 150 immediate jobs, with additional opportunities for local businesses...
May 2017
Could Brexit blow a hole in UK’s space ambitions?
..., Oxfordshire, in July 2015. Plans for commercial spaceflight launches from UK spaceports might become more viable with cheaper launch systems, including some of the horizontal launch systems with which the UK space industry is involved. However...
February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
... in moving forward on the kind of additional investment in infrastructure that will be necessary. The announcement about delivering horizontal launch from the proposed Cornwall spaceport was very welcome news… not only for the UK space industry ...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
.... Three vertical spaceports are currently under development in the Highlands & Islands, in addition to two horizontal launch locations; Prestwick Spaceport, which already boasts a vibrant aerospace hub bolstered by significant infrastructure and...
22 May 2020
Virgin Orbit to attempt first orbital launch starting Sunday
... Orbit will have done something no one has ever done before — lighting an orbital-class, liquid-fuelled, horizontally-launched vehicle in flight, Richard Branson’s firm said in a statement Wednesday. After separation of the first stage, the smaller...
