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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.
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.
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’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.
Spaceport Cornwall built a satellite integration facility that can be used by other companies when Virgin Orbit is not operating there.
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.
At the start of 2022, Virgin Orbit projected performing six launches in the year, including two from Spaceport Cornwall.