03 August 2018
Space activity at Farnborough FIA 2018
... is also providing £2.5 million to contenders for horizontal launched satellite Spaceports. Following the May 2016 announcement that...was allowing the market to select more than one horizontal launch site for orbital access, Prestwick near Glasgow, ...
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 ...
19 July 2024
Fire Arrow expands its global spaceport expertise
... development and design of two of Scotland’s spaceports working on both the Sutherland Spaceport vertical launch facility and Prestwick Spaceport horizontal launch facility. Arup’s work with Fire Arrow is poised to broaden its horizons as the company...
27 July 2018
UK new space launch capability to be discussed at Global MilSatCom 2018
... sites, recent announcements for new funding for a vertical launch spaceport in Scotland and Cornwall Spaceport’s collaboration with Virgin Orbit for a horizontal launch site. SMi Group are proud to announce that Spaceport Cornwall will be delivering...
