#spaceport — Public Fediverse posts

The Moon’s planned first spaceport will have no runways, taxiways or gate announcements—NASA’s Gateway will follow an invisible orbit sculpted by the gravity of Earth and the Moon, and engineers have now published the first detailed strategies for keeping visiting spacecraft safely separated while they wait to dock.
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=the-moons-planned-first-spaceport-will-have-no-runways-taxiways-or-gate-announcementsnasas-gateway-will-follow-an-invisible-orbit-sculpted-by-the-gravity-of-earth-and-the-moon-and-engineers-have-now-published-the-first-detailed-strategies-for-keeping-visiting-spacecraft-safely-separated-while-they-wait-to-dock
<p>A new traffic-management study tests how Gateway and visiting spacecraft could wait in the same
#spaceport #taxiways #visiting #planned

#TheAdvocate:
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Letters: SpaceX project represents a state of emergency for Louisiana’s land, water, culture
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".. I’m no wordsmith, but regrettably I feel sure that we, the people of Louisiana, need to wake up and vote for politicians who care and listen and are not opportunists. .."

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters-spacex-pollution-danger/article_570a64af-c6ab-5b4a-96d5-81f92770000b.html

2.9.2026

#Louisiana #Pollution #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #SpacePort #SpaceX #Umweltverschmutzung #USA #VermilionParish

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/117173609989182553

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Highlands and Islands Enterprise acquired #Orbex’s partially developed #Sutherland #Spaceport* assets after the company’s collapse. Officials support continued launch 🚀 development.

* 🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=spaceport+sutherland&layer=TF+Outdoors

Existing gas pipelines around Pecan Island as of #OpenStreetMap : https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/2vGu

#RocketPropellant #Starbase #Louisiana #Spaceport

#SpaceX aims to fly #Starship at least 30 times per day by 📆 2030. With 15 launch pads planned, achieving two launches per day per pad remains ambitious but more feasible than higher rates on fewer pads https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/08/starbase-louisiana-largest-private-spaceport-world/

#Spaceport #Louisiana

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/117157320725226685

The #Louisiana location has deep-water access for moving #rockets and payloads into the site.The southward-facing location offers potential access to polar orbits. Most of #SpaceX’s orbital data center satellites 🛰️ will likely end up in near-polar orbits.

#Spaceport #Starship

The Ukrainian Armed Forces Struck Russia's Only Military Spaceport, Where The "Sarmat" Is Being Tested

The Plesetsk Space Launch Site in the Arkhangelsk Region has been attacked.

Ukrainian drones carried out one of the longest-range strikes on Russian territory, targeting the Russian Federation’s main military spaceport.

https://charter97.org/en/news/2026/8/23/695810/

#WarOfAggression #Ukraine #drone #logistics #SpaceCenter #Spaceport #occupied #Arkhangelsk #space #warfare #army #war #Russia #DeepStrike #WarCriminal #invaders #occupiers
#перемогаYкраїни

https://charter97.org/en/news/2026/8/23/695810/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/117136108843361488

There were 176 orbital launch attempts from #US soil last year, nearly 10 times 📈 the number in 2013. A new national #SpaceTransportation policy calls for the development of more #spaceports to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries per year by 📆 2030. Another element aims for putting high-priority payloads into #orbit within 48 hours ⏱️ of need.

#SpaceRegulation #spaceport

America's Launch Capacity Challenge

• Potentially 7,000 launches per year needed
• Demand for 6,000 to as many as 230,000 satellites launched per year
• New and non-traditional launch sites might be able to increase launch capacity https://commercialspace.org/news_events/scrubbed-media-advisory/

Offshore launch, re-entry, and recovery infrastructure could expand operational flexibility, increase capacity, reduce constraints on growing launch demand https://www.boem.gov/newsroom/press-releases/boem-initiates-first-step-explore-potential-outer-continental-shelf-space

#OffshoreLaunch #Spaceport #LaunchVolume

🇵🇷 In late 2024, the #spaceport idea stopped being a rumour. The Local Redevelopment Authority for Roosevelt Roads issued a formal Request for Proposals for a Vertical #SpaceLaunch Facility on a 66-acre point called Punta Medio Mundo*, inviting a private developer to finance, design, build, operate, and maintain it. By early 📆 2026 the authority confirmed it had received more than one bid https://innovationreport.net/article/puerto-rico-spaceport/

* 🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=18.259030,-65.608292&layer=Esri+Satellite

#PuertoRico

The government is considering 🤔 whether it could repurpose existing offshore oil- and gas-drilling structures for #space operations, or build new hardware https://payloadspace.com/us-government-studying-offshore-launch-opportunities/

#OffshoreLaunch #Spaceport #LaunchVolume

🇨🇦 The designated launch pad must be handed over to #IsarAerospace by 1 November 2026, with additional infrastructure at the #spaceport completed by 31 December 2027 https://europeanspaceflight.com/isar-aerospace-signs-us112-5m-deal-for-dedicated-launch-site-in-canada/

#NovaScotia

@theferret writes:
"SaxaVord #Spaceport on the island of Unst is applying for a licence to start dropping large, disused rocket components into the sea north of Shetland over the next 12 months. The application reveals that there is a “significant risk” that the debris could hit tourist and fishing boats, posing a threat to life"

Unst is a remote place with a vulnerable economy, but how much will a spaceport really benefit the island?

#ScotPol

https://www.theferret.scot/spaceport-shetland-risk-tourism-fishing/
https://www.theferret.scot/spaceport-shetland-risk-tourism-fishing/

#US launches could nearly triple 📈 in the next 10 years. “We’re going to have to increase the capacity” https://payloadspace.com/the-us-needs-a-new-launch-site-air-force-secretary-says/

#Spaceport

#MMX recently completed its journey to the #spaceport on #Tanegashima island. The mission will launch 🚀 on Japan's flagship #H3 rocket some time in November or December of this year https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/japans-audacious-sample-return-mission-to-the-mars-moon-phobos-has-made-it-to-the-launch-pad

#Martian #Moons #eXploration #Mars #Phobos

@Toxic_Flange the "Atlantic #Spaceport Complex" looks similar https://www.nordspace.com/media, but #SaxaVord was the same ~2 years ago https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/16174821/history

🇨🇦 #Spaceport #NovaScotia : "Site consisting of a gravel road, two sea cans and a concrete pad to be rented at $50,000 💰 per day for 10 years" https://nationalpost.com/opinion/canada-pledges-200-million-to-space-port-that-is-just-a-concrete-pad-in-nova-scotia

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116495805277370167

The drones did not succeed in striking the #spaceport, but the attempted attacks come as #Russia ramps up activity at Plesetsk Cosmodrome to deploy a new constellation of Internet and data relay satellites akin to SpaceX’s #Starlink

#Ukraine #SpaceCommunication

Revolutionizing global aerospace transportation

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/revolutionizing-global-aerospace-transportation/

2023: #Environmentalists and #NativeAmerican tribe rebuke #SpaceX ahead of historic rocket launch

Opponents of the project say owner #ElonMusk’s space travel aspirations are not worth the risk of a catastrophic explosion.

by Cameron Langford / April 19, 2023

"SpaceX launched a rocket with 33 engines, the most powerful ever built, Thursday morning from its South #Texas port and hailed the test flight as a success, though the rocket and an attached space capsule exploded just four minutes after liftoff.

"The company said in a best-case scenario it would be a 90-minute maiden voyage into space and its first-stage #SuperHeavy rocket would separate from its second-stage #Starship spacecraft about three minutes into the flight, and do a controlled descent into the Gulf of Mexico. And Starship would travel around the globe and land off the coast of Hawaii.

"But with SpaceX livestreaming the event the components failed to separate and the vehicle flipped over before exploding.

"Musk, who also owns Twitter, praised his employees’ work on the project in a Twitter post: 'Congrats @SpaceX team on an exciting test launch of Starship! Learned a lot for next test launch in a few months.'

"Environmental and #CivilRights groups condemned SpaceX’s endeavor in statements Wednesday afternoon, saying they feared an explosion would destroy #EndangeredSpecies’ habitat in a nearby wildlife refuge and that rocket shrapnel could injure area residents.

"But there were no immediate reports of environmental damage or injuries Thursday morning after the explosion.

"Since Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, it has become the world’s premier commercial space business, launching its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets more than 220 times, making history as the first private firm to send astronauts to the International Space Station and delivering cargo to the International Space Station more than 20 times with its Dragon spacecraft.

Aborted launches and explosions are commonplace for the company as it refines its technology, including a 2019 test flight from its '#Spaceport' in #BocaChica — an unincorporated and sparsely populated village in Cameron County outside #BrownsvilleTX — that started a 100-acre brush fire in the Lower #RioGrandeValley #NationalWildlifeRefuge."

Read more:
https://www.courthousenews.com/environmentalists-and-native-american-tribe-rebuke-spacex-ahead-of-historic-rocket-launch/

#ElonSucks #EnvironmentalRacism #RioGrandeDelta #SacredSites #WildlifeRefuge #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism
#OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #USPol #NativeAmericans #CarrizoComecrudo #AncestralLand #ProtectTheSacred #Pollution #ExplodingRockets

#HyImpulse announced a launch service agreement to begin flying from #SaxaVord 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Spaceport. The suborbital flight is expected to lift off in Q3.

The vehicle uses a mix of paraffin-based solid fuel and liquid oxygen, and can carry up to 250 kg to an altitude of 200 km. #SR75 is 40% cheaper 💶 than traditional propulsion systems, according to HyImpulse https://payloadspace.com/hyimpulse-signs-launch-agreement-with-saxavord/

🇨🇦 There are two more launches 🚀 scheduled from the existing pad this year, and the goal is for a first #orbital launch by next year. Nova Construction will begin more work on the road network to the site, electricity would be run to the site by year’s end https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/spaceport-nova-scotia-in-canso-awarded-200-million-dnd-contract-for-launchpad-access

#Spaceport #NovaScotia

🇨🇦 #Spaceport #NovaScotia : The first $20 million cash payment is due before March 31, 2026. The dedicated launch pad is expected to reach initial operational readiness by the end of 📆 2026 https://www.maritimelaunch.com/news/government-canada-selects-spaceport-nova-scotia-dedicated-sovereign-launch-site-national

Canadian military invests in sovereign launch

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/canadian-military-invests-in-sovereign-launch/

#ATMOS Space Cargo's PHOENIX 2.1 is a reusable ♻️ orbital transfer and return vehicle which will use the Azores #Spaceport* as both its launch and recovery point. The #Portuguese 🇵🇹 National Space Authority has issued the first license in #Europe for the performance of a controlled commercial spacecraft re-entry from #LEO to European 🇪🇺 territory https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/portugal-issues-first-space-re-entry-license-in-europe-for-azores-spaceport

* 🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=Azores+Spaceport&layer=Esri+Satellite

🇲🇾 #Malaysia is poised to become the first country in Southeast Asia 🌏 to have its own space launch facility by 2029, with three potential sites identified in #Pahang, #Sarawak, and #Sabah. Glavkosmos, a subsidiary of #Roscosmos, is in discussions on the potential development of a #spaceport in Sabah* https://maia.my/news/qhazanah-sabah-russias-glavkosmos-explore-collaboration-space-launch-facility

* 🗺️ https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3879783

#Spain 🇪🇸 tried to get the #European #SpaceAgency to choose the Canary Islands, instead of French Guiana, as #ESA's launch 🚀 base. #ElHierro* is at the same northern latitude as #CapeCanaveral https://en.unav.edu/web/global-affairs/del-aeropuerto-al-spaceport-aumenta-la-lista-de-los-puertos-espaciales

* 🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=Punta+de+los+Frailes&layer=Cyclosm

#Spaceport #Europe

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