The site received opposition from locals (Image: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar/HIE) By Laura Pollock, Published by The National, 2 December 2024 Ground has been broken at Scolpaig Farm in North Uist where Spaceport 1 will be completed and a first lift-off is hoped to take place by autumn 2025. It is one
The proposed Sutherland Spaceport design on the A’ Mhoine peninsula. By Alison Campsie, Published by The Scotsman, 10 November 2024 The Sutherland Spaceport gets ready for liftoff. Amountain summit will become a rocket surveillance site for the country’s latest spaceport after objections from Scotland’s richest man were sidelined. An ‘antenna park’ will
Picture Credit: Australia Daily Telegraph By Tim McGlone, Published by ABC, 4 November 2024 In short: A rocket launching base at Whalers Way on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula will go ahead after the state's planning minister approved the proposal. Long-time opponents to the project say they are disappointed and remain
Render of Orbex's Prime rocket launching from Sutherland - via Orbex By Will Angus, Published by The Press and Journal, 1 November 2024 It may have seemed like a small step for Forres firm Orbex when rejigged plans for a Sutherland spaceport were approved this week. But Highland business leaders
Image: Orbex Posted by the BBC, 25 October 2024 Amended plans for a spaceport in the Highlands have been submitted to councillors for approval. The project proposed for a site on the Moine Peninsula has had planning permission for about three years, and some initial construction work started last year. The
By Kris Christiaens, Published by Future Spaceflight, 21 October 2024 MILAN, Italy – October 13, 2024, eight commercial spaceports located across five continents signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU will establish a forum to explore potential strategic collaboration in a range of areas of common interest and introduce
Skyrora's Skylark L ahead of a suborbital launch attempt from Iceland’s Langanes peninsula in October 2022. Credit: Skyrora By Jason Rainbow, Published by Space News, 18 October 2024 TAMPA, Fla. — Scotland-based Skyrora hopes to launch its first suborbital mission from British soil in the spring following a year of regulatory delays.
An RS1 rocket from ABL Space Systems set up on a launch pad at the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska. (ABL Space Systems) By Davis Hovey,Published by Alaska Public Media, 11 October 2024 After a failed rocket test at Kodiak’s spaceport this summer, the facility has successfully launched a new venture. The
