16 April 2024
An Introduction to the Spaceport Industry
...technological solutions for getting to orbit are changing. As referenced by the book’s subtitle “Runways to Space”, many budding spaceports are sited where long runways already exist, on the assumption that future commercial spaceflight will be based...
05 May 2023
Construction begins at UK mainland's first vertical launch spaceport
...Kristian von Bengtson, Chief Development Officer and Interim CEO of Orbex, said: "Sutherland represents a new breed of spaceport, for a new breed of rocket. This is 21st century, agile spaceflight with sustainability at its core. We're hopefully also...
01 November 2022
NASA contractor to oversee Scottish spaceport construction
..., Orbex CEO, said the company would become the first European launcher business to also manage a dedicated spaceport. “It is an important competitive advantage to the company, which will make it really easy for us to work with customers as we scale...
19 July 2024
Fire Arrow expands its global spaceport expertise
A UK firm focused on leveraging expertise that its team has built up working across multiple British spaceport projects to support spaceport developments across the globe has announced its first in a series of high-profile strategic partners. It has ...
13 January 2021
Portugal envision building a spaceport on the Azores islands
...the Portuguese Space Agency has said it is looking at building a spaceport on the Azores islands. Located about 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) ... identified the Azores as a potential place for a spaceport and access to space. “It is important that industry...
23 October 2020
Shetland spaceport boosts UK's plans for launch
...government. Shetland Space Centre anticipates that by 2024, the spaceport site could support a total of 605 jobs in Scotland... boost for the local economy. Our investment in Scottish spaceports is creating hundreds of secure and skilled jobs for people...
