Spaceport Cornwall opens new satellite launch centre

Cornwall Council said it hoped Spaceport Cornwall would create a new cornerstone for the local economySpaceport Cornwall has officially opened a new centre for businesses involved in satellite launch and development.by a plane from the spaceport in January.

The SSOF will enable businesses to build and launch satellites from Cornwall, Spaceport Cornwall said.The jumbo and its rocket were pictured leaving the Spaceport base near Newquay in January Matt Archer of the UK Space Agency said the Virgin Orbit satellite mission in January "was not the outcome that we wanted".

But he said it "proves that they have the capability and the resilience and the ability to position themselves as a long-term spaceport".

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