Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart, Space Forge CEO Joshua Western and CTO Andrew Bacon sign launch agreement in Long Beach, California (Photo: Business Wire)

Virgin Orbit to launch first Welsh satellite from Spaceport Cornwall Summer 2022

Published by Businesswire, 9 March 2022 Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart, Space Forge CEO Joshua Western and CTO Andrew Bacon sign launch agreement in Long Beach, California (Photo: Business Wire) LONG BEACH, Calif. & CARDIFF, Wales--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading launch company Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) and European in-space manufacturing tech start-up Space

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Shetland spaceport gains planning approval

By Jonathan AMos, Science Correspondent, Published by BBC News, 1 March 2022 Artwork: The first Lockheed mission from Shetland will deploy a kind of space tug Construction of a spaceport in the far north of the UK could finally get under way next month after planning permission was granted. Shetland

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US, close allies sign ‘call to action’ in space defense

By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 22 February 2022 The new military accord signed by Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the US presages joint stance on future space norms. WASHINGTON: In a first public statement of intent, the US and its five closest military

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Menwith Hill: why is the United States set to increase its secret spying capability at Yorkshire surveillance base and how much will it cost?

By Dave Hammond, Published by the Yorkshire Post, 10 February 2022 It is little secret that the UK's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) remains the primary intelligence gathering partner of the United States' National Security Agency but concerns are mounting about the planned expansion of Menwith Hill - so why is

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