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Spaceport Cornwall

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Spaceport Cornwall, located at Cornwall Airport Newquay, is the UK's first licensed spaceport and Europe's future air and space solution, offering a safe and responsible way to access space. As a horizontal launch site, it aims to support small satellite launches and aerospace innovation, working with companies developing horizontal launch systems. Spaceport Cornwall collaborates with partners like Cornwall Council, Goonhilly Earth Station, the UK Space Agency, and aerospace companies, with ambitions to become a world-leading location for manned and unmanned technology.

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Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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Spaceport Cornwall built a satellite integration facility that can be used by other companies when Virgin Orbit is not operating there.

CapabilityPlanGeneralValue 3.2Jan 8, 2023Virgin Orbit ready for first U.K. launch

The Start Me Up mission is scheduled to take off from Spaceport Cornwall as soon as 5:16 p.m. Eastern on 2023-01-09.

PlanValue 4.0Jan 8, 2023Virgin Orbit ready for first U.K. launch

At the start of 2022, Virgin Orbit projected performing six launches in the year, including two from Spaceport Cornwall.

PlanGrowthValue 3.6Jan 8, 2023Virgin Orbit ready for first U.K. launch

Virgin Orbit’s ‘Start Me Up’ mission will launch from Spaceport Cornwall operating out of Cornwall Newquay Airport.

PlanGeneralValue 3.4Dec 21, 2022UK Space regulator issues Virgin Orbit launch licenses

On 2022-12-08 Virgin Orbit delayed its Start Me Up mission from Spaceport Cornwall for weeks because of technical and regulatory issues.

PlanLegalCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 8, 2022Virgin Orbit delays first U.K. launch

Spaceport Cornwall, located at Cornwall Airport Newquay, received a spaceport license from the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority on 2022-11-16.

LegalValue 4.5Dec 8, 2022Virgin Orbit delays first U.K. launch

Integration of customer satellites into the rocket’s fairing is expected to begin 2022-10-03 in the newly inaugurated Space Systems Integration Facility (SSIF) at Spaceport Cornwall.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.4Oct 6, 2022Virgin Orbit’s next rocket ready for a Cornwall, UK, launch

The launch of the shoebox-sized Prometheus-2 satellites will take place later 2022 from Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay.

PlanValue 4.2Sep 30, 2022UK's First-ever Orbital Satellite Launch to include Intelligent Hyperspectral Imager HyperScout M

Cosmic Girl, Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing 747 that carries the LauncherOne rocket, will soon take off from Spaceport Cornwall to deliver the two Prometheus-2 satellites into Earth orbit.

PlanGeneralCapabilityValue 4.2Sep 30, 2022UK's First-ever Orbital Satellite Launch to include Intelligent Hyperspectral Imager HyperScout M

Prometheus-2 Cosmic Girl is Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing 747 that carries the LauncherOne rocket and will take off from Spaceport Cornwall to deliver two Prometheus-2 satellites into Earth orbit.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Sep 28, 2022UK’s first orbital satellite launch includes intelligent hyperspectral imager HyperScout® M

The shoebox-sized Prometheus-2 satellites will launch later 2022 from Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay.

PlanValue 4.0Sep 28, 2022UK’s first orbital satellite launch includes intelligent hyperspectral imager HyperScout® M

Spaceport Cornwall was awarded Educational Project of the Year in The Satcoms Innovation Group’s 2022 SIG awards.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 2.5Jul 31, 2022Spaceport Cornwall wins Educational Project of the Year at Satellite Innovation Group Awards 2022

Open Cosmos and RHEA Group selected Virgin Orbit’s UK business to launch the DOVER Pathfinder satellite to low Earth orbit from Spaceport Cornwall later 2022.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jul 26, 2022Virgin Orbit’s 1st UK launch is for RHEA Group’s DOVER Pathfinder smallsat

Spaceport Cornwall is operated by a consortium comprising Virgin Orbit, the UK Space Agency, Goonhilly Earth Station, and the Cornwall Council unitary authority.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Jul 22, 2022UK launches consultation on Virgin Orbit launch

Virgin Orbit, a U.S. company, planned to perform an orbital LauncherOne mission from Spaceport Cornwall as soon as September 2022.

PlanValue 4.0Jul 19, 2022The Great British Lift-Off

CIRCE is scheduled to launch from Spaceport Cornwall at Newquay Airport as part of the United Kingdom’s first commercial space mission during the upcoming summer.

PlanGeneralValue 3.6Jun 7, 2022NRL CIRCE spacecraft participate in Historic U.K. Launch

Spaceport Cornwall must obtain a license from the Civil Aviation Authority to host Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne system.

LegalRelationshipsValue 4.0May 25, 2022Virgin Orbit expects first U.K. launch in August

Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne commercial U.K. launches will deploy payloads from Spaceport Cornwall using a modified Boeing 747 aircraft.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0May 11, 2022Orbex unveils prototype of rocket preparing for UK’s first vertical launch

The joint NRO–U.K. MOD mission will launch from Spaceport Cornwall at Newquay Airport in Cornwall, England.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0May 10, 2022National Reconnaissance Office partners with U.K. on space mission to fly on Virgin Orbit rocket

ForgeStar-0 will be launched from Spaceport Cornwall, the United Kingdom’s first domestic spaceport.

PlanValue 3.0Apr 28, 2022Cosmic Shielding To Test Radiation Shielding Tech Aboard Space Forge Satellite In The UK’s 1st Sovereign Launch
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