Orbex Prime at Kinloss test stand. Pic: Orbex By Thomas Moore, Published by Sky News, 1 November 2022 The Scottish rocket manufacturer Orbex will build and operate the spaceport, creating around 40 jobs and investing £20m in the construction under a 50-year lease. A remote peat bog owned by Scottish
Unlike the rockets used by Nasa and SpaceX to launch satellites, Virgin Orbit will use a specially adapted jumbo jet - VIRGIN ORBIT/EPA By Ross Kaniuk, Publsihed by The Times, 31 October 2022 Protesters have targeted Britain’s first satellite launch to complain about the cost of living crisis. Next month
The Cosmic Girl landed in Cornwall on 11 October ahead of its mission in November Published by the BBC, 31 October 2022 Protesters have demonstrated against the first UK satellite launch, at Newquay Airport in Cornwall. Members of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) protested alongside Drone Wars UK on
Currently, India carries out all rocket launch activity from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh Photograph:( Others) By Sidharth MP, Published by Wionews, 18 October 2022 India's second spaceport will come up at Kulasekarapattinam in the southern state of Tamil Nadu and the work on building it
By Eva Corlett, Published by the Guardian, 17 October 2022 The commercial space company rejects criticism of satellite launches for the US military A New Zealand commercial space company, Rocket Lab, has faced new opposition to its activities on behalf of foreign militaries, with one New Zealand Green MP saying
Published by The Conversation, 17 October 2022 Virgin Orbit, a US company which provides launch services for satellites, has announced that the first orbital space mission from the UK will blast off from Cornwall. The rocket, which will carry nine satellites, along with a launch aircraft have been delivered by
By Jonathan Amos, Published by the BBC, 16 October 2022 The rocket that will conduct the first ever orbital mission from UK soil has been delivered to its spaceport. Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne vehicle came into Newquay, Cornwall, late on Friday on a military plane from California where it was made.
By Jonathan Amos, Published by the BBC, 12 October 2022 Cosmic Girl touched down at Spaceport Cornwall just as the Sun was going down over the Atlantic The aeroplane that will be used for the first-ever satellite launch from the UK has touched down to begin mission preparations. The 747
