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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Melissa Quinn helped deliver facilities and operations that enabled the United Kingdom’s first licensed orbital launch attempt at Spaceport Cornwall.
Melissa Quinn previously served as Head of Spaceport at Spaceport Cornwall in the United Kingdom.
Melissa Quinn has experience from the UK’s Spaceport Cornwall and Slingshot Aerospace.
Spaceport Cornwall hosted the first orbital launch attempt from U.K. soil in January 2023, conducted by Virgin Orbit, which failed to reach orbit.
In January 2023, Virgin Orbit conducted a mission of its LauncherOne air-launch system from Spaceport Cornwall.
Spaceport Cornwall, Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Wholeship Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate.
Spaceport Cornwall provided the runway for Virgin Orbit’s failed launch from the United Kingdom in January 2023.
The U.K. Space Agency released a lessons learned report on 2023-12-14 about the "UK Pathfinder Launch," the 2023-01-01 Virgin Orbit LauncherOne launch from Spaceport Cornwall.
Spaceport Cornwall hosted an orbital launch attempt in January 2023 that used Virgin Orbit’s launch system and ended in failure.
Spaceport Cornwall conducted its first launch in January 2023 and opened the Space Systems Operations Facility (SSOF) in April 2023.
The partnership between Space Engine Systems and Spaceport Cornwall builds on a 2019 Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations.
The leased facility at Spaceport Cornwall will be used to test Space Engine Systems’ Hello series of Mach 5 spaceplanes.
Spaceport Cornwall had its first launch in January 2023 and opened the Space Systems Operations Facility (SSOF) in April 2023.
Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket on the Start Me Up mission from Spaceport Cornwall in England failed to reach orbit on 2023-01-09.
Virgin Orbit anticipates returning to Spaceport Cornwall for additional launches and is in discussions with UK government and commercial stakeholders to plan missions as soon as later 2023.
Spaceport Cornwall received the United Kingdom’s first spaceport license from the UK Civil Aviation Authority in November 2022.
LauncherOne’s return-to-flight will take place from Mojave Air and Space Port in California, which hosted all five previous LauncherOne missions before the Spaceport Cornwall launch.
Virgin Orbit expects to return to Spaceport Cornwall for future launches and is in active discussions with key government and commercial stakeholders in the U.K. to plan mission opportunities as soon as later 2023.
Virgin Orbit’s Boeing 747 aircraft took off from Spaceport Cornwall in southwestern England at about 5:02 p.m. Eastern for the Start Me Up mission.
An additional building adjacent to the satellite integration facility at Spaceport Cornwall will open soon to host other space companies.