February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
...-offs and landings. Right now the only launch stations in use are for vertical launches - 16 across the world and a quarter... for smaller coastal airports especially when considering that each launch site will need services around it and will probably ...
April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
..., UK satellite developers transport their systems overseas to be launched, paying large sums and running the riskof delays. The.... Similar protests have been happening at the proposed vertical launch site in northern Scotland and have continued at most...
April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
... to handle a future environment which will see more than 100 launches a year from the Cape. That next era of launch activity will be accompanied by horizontal and vertical launches and landings of rockets and spacecraft that will be manufactured here...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
... from Newquay in Cornwall, while there are other sites in advanced planning for vertical launch in Scotland. In total, there are seven prospective UK launch sites, including the Shetland Isles, the Hebrides, Sutherland, Campbeltown and Prestwick...
10 December 2020
Orbex secures $24 million funding round for Scottish space launch
... achieve, including the first ever vertical launches from UK soil.” Orbex has already confirmed six commercial satellite launch contracts, with the first launches expected in 2022. The company's preferred launch site will be the Sutherland spaceport...
31 July 2025
Space Station Crew-11 astronauts set for launch
... Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour was rolled out to the launchpad and raised in its vertical launch position. On Monday morning the crewmembers participated in a launch day dress rehearsal, simulating al the events that will take place on the actual...
