The funding will be used to build two more launchpads By Cameron Angus-Mackay, Published by The BBC, 8 September 2026 The UK government has announced investment of £30m in SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland as part of a new national space strategy. A spaceport spokesperson said the funding was a "hugely
Image Credit: SpaceX By Stephen Marcantel, Published by The Current, 3 September 2026 By the time the public comment period on a proposed Federal Aviation Administration rule change closed Monday night, thousands had shared their thoughts — more than half of them mentioning Louisiana and its rapidly eroding coastline, fragile
Image Credit: Orbex By Andrew Parsonson, Published by European Spaceflight, 28 August 2026 Scotland’s Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has acquired the assets of Sutherland Spaceport Ltd, an Orbex subsidiary that was established to develop a vertical launch site on the north coast of Scotland. In a 25 August announcement,
SpaceX plans to build a large spaceport for its Starbase vehicle in coastal Louisiana. Credit: SpaceX By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 26 August 2026 SALT LAKE CITY — SpaceX announced plans Aug. 25 to build a massive new spaceport for its Starship launch vehicle in Louisiana as the
A visualisation of satellites being launched into orbit from the Space Port in Sutherland. By Ramsay Banks, Published by The Northern Times, 25 August 2026 Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has acquired the assets of “prime location” Sutherland Spaceport Ltd (SSL) from joint liquidators, Chad Griffin and Graham Smith of
A Chinese LandSapce ZhuQue-3 booster, the country's first to successfully touch down on land. LandSpace By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 19 August 2026 Earlier today, Chinese firm LandSpace achieved the country’s first successful recovery of a reusable space launch rocket booster on land. This follows China’s first-ever recovery of
A ULA Vulcan on the pad before its first—and, so far, only—launch of the year in February. (credit: ULA) By Jeff Foust, Published by The Space Review, 17 August 2026 Last month, Cambridge University researchers published a study hailing a breakthrough in access to orbit. Launch costs, they argued, were
The RFA ONE rocket on the pad at SaxaVord Spaceport during testing in July. Credit: Rocket Factory Augsburg By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 10 August 2026 WASHINGTON — The majority owner of Rocket Factory Augsburg is still confident the company will conduct its first orbital launch attempt this
