SaxaVord spaceport with a completed launch stool visible. Photo: SaxaVord Spaceport

With The UK’s Space Ambitions Hanging On SaxaVord Spaceport, Who Gets Burnt Along The Way?

SaxaVord spaceport with a completed launch stool visible. Photo: SaxaVord Spaceport By Curtis Baines, Published by Orbital Today, 27 February 2025 SaxaVord Spaceport is fast becoming a hot commodity for future launches. Space companies are queuing to use the Scottish launch site including the likes of RFA and Orbex. However,

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Starlink Screenshot SpaceX has launched nearly 500 additional Starlink satellites so far this year. Credit: SpaceX

Roughly 4 to 5 Starlink LEO Broadband Satellites Now Burning Up Per Day

An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites in orbit. (Image credit: SpaceX) By Mark Jackson, Published by ISPreview, 3 February 2025 Data released by an independent researcher has revealed that SpaceX appears to now be “retiring and incinerating” about 4 or 5 Starlink broadband satellites from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) every

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The most powerful rocket ever built exploded over a populated island. Residents are still dealing with the fallout

Starship on launch pad By Jackie Wattles, Published by CNN, 1 February 2025 It was a typical balmy afternoon across the tropical islands that lie southeast of Florida, where tens of thousands of tourists flock this time of year for winter break. But on January 16, just after sundown, a

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