by Dawn Robinson-Walsh | Jan 23, 2023 | Business, Cornwall, Councils, Environment
Rocket launches release hazardous pollutants in the atmosphere’s upper layers. Alexyz3d/Shutterstock Eloise Marais, UCL A recent UK mission to launch satellites into space from Spaceport Cornwall in the west of England failed to deliver the satellites to orbit. But...
by Dawn Robinson-Walsh | Jan 8, 2023 | Business, Cornwall, Technology/Science
Virgin Orbit’s launch of a 70ft (21.33m) long LauncherOne rocket, packed full of satellites, happens on Monday from Newquay Spaceport, as Britain enters the space race! History could be made on Monday night (January 9), when a former Virgin passenger plane (a...