OneWeb Satellite Construction Could Remain In Florida When the UK made its $500 million investment in the – then bankrupt – OneWeb satellite constellation, much was made of the prospects for production of the actual satellites, with UK officials talking optimistically about satellites being built in the UK. Alok Sharma, then business secretary in the […]
Spaceport
The UK’s Spaceport Cornwall Edges Closer To Initial Launch
Set to deliver the first ever launch from UK soil this summer, Spaceport Cornwall is laying the foundations for long-term, responsible, smallsat services from Cornwall Airport Newquay with the build of the Centre for Space Technologies. This state of the art facility is a nationally unique asset where the value of launch from Cornwall will […]
Maritime Launch Services First Payload Services Provider Is Nanoracks — Spaceport Nova Scotia Is ‘Unveiled’
Maritime Launch Services, the owner of Canada’s first commercial spaceport, has announced that Nanoracks, a Voyager Space company and a leading, commercial, payload provider to the International Space Station (ISS), will serve as the company’s first client when Spaceport Nova Scotia’s operations go live in 2023. For this first mission, Nanoracks will deploy customer smallsats […]
The Norwegian Government Has Approved The Building Of A New Spaceport
Since the early 1960s, research rockets have been sent into the Earth’s atmosphere from Andøya, Norway. Now, the Norwegian Government has given the green light to take steps to start new space adventure in the country. A new spaceport will be built 30 miles south of the existing rocket launch site on Andøya where rockets […]
Discussions Occur To Strengthen Ties Between Prestwick Spaceport, Scotland, + Houston Spaceport, U.S.
Following Prestwick Spaceport’s recent launch partnership announcement with UK horizontal ‘air launch’ company Astraius, Central Ayrshire MP Dr. Philippa Whitford has met with Professor David Alexander OBE, from the board of directors of Houston Spaceport Development Corporation, to discuss plans for the future and to strengthen ties between the two facilities — the pair were […]
Swedish Space Corporation To Finalize The Building Of A New Spaceport At Esrange Space Center
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) have signed a 12 million euros loan agreement for the finalization of a new spaceport at Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, northern Sweden. The 12-year maturity loan will finance the investments to enable the use of reusable rockets and the ability to launch smallsats into […]
Astra Sets Their First USSF Smallsat Launch From The Pacific Spaceport Complex In Kodiak, Alaska
Astra Space, Inc. (“Astra”) (Nasdaq: ASTR) has announced a launch window that starts on August 27, 2021, for the company’s first commercial orbital launch with the United States Space Force. Following this launch, Astra is under contract to perform a second launch later this year. The STP-27AD1 mission will be conducted from Astra’s Kodiak Spaceport, […]
Spaceport Cornwall + Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Sierra Space Sign An MoU
Spaceport Cornwall, the UK’s horizontal launch site, and Sierra Nevada Corporation, which will be engaging through its wholly owned subsidiary Sierra Space, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore future collaboration opportunities following the completion of UK Space Agency funded Concept of Operations for Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser® spaceplane. Spaceport Cornwall and Sierra […]