Prestwick Spaceport has secured a launch partner for its spaceport development in a landmark deal that will boost Scotland’s space industry ambitions and create an important strategic asset for the […]
Launch Facilities
UPDATE 5: No Further Launch Attempts to Be Made By TiSPACE + Southern Launch Of The Hapith I Rocket
After inspection of the Hapith I vehicle, after the September 16th launch attempt, Southern Launch and TiSPACE have concluded that the organizations’ will not continue with any further launch attempts […]
Aerospace Cornwall To Deliver The UK’s First MILO Ambassador Program
Space exploration has demonstrated the ability to inspire people across socioeconomic and geopolitical boundaries to pursue learning and engage in entrepreneurial activities with economic impact. Making aerospace travel and delivery […]
Definitive Merger Agreement Entered Into By Virgin Orbit + NextGen Acquisition Corp.
Virgin Orbit, through its parent company Vieco USA, Inc. (“Virgin Orbit” or the “Company”) and NextGen Acquisition Corp. II (“NextGen”) (NASDAQ: NGCA), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have announced […]
Forrester’s Digest: An ‘Aye’ For Scottish Launch Site + Everyone Is Talking… About Satellite Mergers
A submission from a landowner who objected to the establishment of a rocket launch site in the Sutherland (Scotland) Highlands & Islands failed and permission has now been given for […]
The Ariane 5 Rocket For The Webb Telescope Is Now Enroute To French Guiana For Launch Later This Year
The upper stage of the Ariane 5 rocket that will launch the James Webb Space Telescope later this year is on its way to Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Webb […]
ISRO’s EOS-03 Satellite Launch On GSLV-F10 Rocket Fails 350 Seconds After Launch Due To Performance Anomaly
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s highly-anticipated launch of Earth observation satellite -3 or GISAT-1 failed after the rocket entered the lower reaches of space (an altitude of 139kms), after […]
Whaler’s Way Orbital Launch Complex In Southern Australia Releases Their Environment Impact Statement For Public Examination
The Eyre Peninsula’s future role in Australia’s burgeoning space industry has taken another important step with the release of Southern Launch’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Whalers Way Orbital […]
Spaceport Cornwall To Welcome Students + The Public — STEM + Smallsats
Following the activity at the UK’s first horizontal launch site during G7 – including the Prime Minister’s visit to the hangar at Cornwall Airport Newquay, which hosted Virgin Orbit’s replica […]
New Launch + On-Orbit Services To Issue From D-Orbit Under ESA’s BOOST! Project
The UK branch of D-Orbit has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) under the Boost! Project with ESA’s Commercial Space Transportation Services and Support Program. The Responsive […]