By Hans J Marter, Published by Shetland News, 31 August 2021 Lockheed Martin could be ready to launch within six months of planning approval THE first commercial satellite launch from UK soil is set to take place in the second half of 2022, the companies behind the planned space port
By Amy Thomson, Published by Space.com, 31 August 2021 Landsat 9 will launch a week late on Sept. 23. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The launch of NASA's next Earth-observing Landsat satellite will be delayed a week due to a shortage of liquid nitrogen, the space agency has announced. The Landsat
By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 28 August 2021 Astra aimed to reach orbit for the first time ever today (Aug. 27), but the company's Rocket 3.3 aborted the liftoff at the last second. The 43-foot-tall (13 meters) Rocket 3.3, also known as Launch Vehicle 006, was poised to lift
Published by Sky News, 27 August 2021 Spaceport 1's site at Scolpaig, North Uist is one of several proposed locations for licenced spaceports in the UK. In Scotland, these include Unst in Shetland, the A' Mhoine peninsula in Sutherland, Prestwick in South Ayrshire and Campbeltown in Argyll and Bute. A
By Alexandra Marvar, Published by the New York Times, 21 August 2021 A small Southern county hopes to land a starring role in the commercial space race. But for residents of the exclusive islands in the flight path, the stakes feel sky-high. On an isolated archipelago off the coast of
By Alistair Whitfield, Published by The Northern Scot, 20 August 2021 A Moray-based company has welcomed the failure of a legal bid to stop Britain's first spaceport from being built. Orbex, which is based in Forres Enterprise Park, says today's ruling has opened the way for work to push ahead
By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 13 August 2021 WASHINGTON — Astra will introduce an upgraded version of its small launch vehicle on its next flight later this month intended to increase the vehicle’s payload capacity. In an Aug. 12 earning call, Chris Kemp, chief executive of Astra, said
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Published by Al Jazeera, 9 August 2021 Rocket Lab’s founder talks to Al Jazeera about moon shots, deep space exploration and overcoming dream crushers. Rocket Lab is back in business. And that’s good news for the company’s deep space ambitions. The United States-based small satellite launcher suffered an in-flight anomaly
