06 November 2019
UK Space Agency confirms £7.35 million funding to support small satellite launch from Cornwall
... regulatory approvals. Spaceport Cornwall estimates a horizontal launch spaceport at Cornwall Airport Newquay could create 150...including £31.5 million to help establish launch services from a new vertical launch spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland.
23 October 2020
UK Spaceport Alliance welcomes launch announcement
... sector’s rapid progress towards becoming Europe’s ‘go-to’ small satellite launch destination. The Shetland Space Centre, a member of the Spaceports Alliance, is a vertical launch site on the northerly island of Unst. The site will take advantage...
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...
