By Jonathan Amos and Greg Brosnan, Published by the BBC, 11 January, 2023 The failure of the first ever satellite mission launched from UK soil is a setback but not a roadblock to the country's space plans. The rocket suffered an "anomaly" late on Monday night after its release by
By Rebecca Morelle and Jonathan Moss, Published by the BBC, 10 January 2023 The first ever orbital space launch from British soil is getting ready to blast off. Monday's mission will see a repurposed 747 jumbo jet release a rocket over the Atlantic to take nine satellites high above the
By Andrew Chuter, Published by DefenseNews, 10 January 2023 LONDON — A British attempt to become the first Western European nation to put satellites into space from a base on home soil has failed after the Virgin Orbit launch rocket missed the required orbit. Virgin Orbit officials said Jan. 10
Published by Dronewars UK, 9 January 2023 Tonight’s planned space launch from Newquay ‘spaceport’ is the latest step in a new era of expansion into space by the military with the UK wholeheartedly joining a space arms race which will inevitably lead to greater risk of instability and conflict. Space
By Colm Keena, Published by The Irish Times, 9 January 2023 Fishing boats and other vessels have been warned to avoid an area off the southwest coast of Ireland from Monday night because of the danger of being hit by falling debris from a rocket due to be launched from
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 8 December 2022 WASHINGTON — Just days after setting a launch date for its first launch from the United Kingdom, Virgin Orbit announced Dec. 8 it was delaying that mission for weeks because of technical and regulatory issues. In a statement provided to SpaceNews,
By Aria Alamalhodaei,Published by TechCrunch, 8 December 2022 Virgin Orbit is retargeting a launch that was supposed to take place as soon as next week from Cornwall, England — and that was to be the first spaceflight to depart from British soil — due to additional technical to-dos and remaining
By Lauren Boland, Published by The Journal, 7 December 2022 Virgin Orbit is planning to launch a satellite this month from Spaceport Cornwall, which is based at an airport in south-west England. ACCESS TO IRISH airspace is set to be briefly restricted when a satellite is launched by the UK
