#spaceport — Public Fediverse posts

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

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

🇵🇷 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 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

🇨🇦 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/

@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

#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

How Canada’s first commercial spaceport is taking shape in Nova Scotia
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=how-canadas-first-commercial-spaceport-is-taking-shape-in-nova-scotia
<p>The proposed orbital launch facility has secured federal backing and early commercial interest as
#commercial #spaceport #canada #taking

#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

#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

@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

🇨🇦 #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

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

NASA Demonstrates New Prescribed Burn Capability for Spaceport 
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=nasa-demonstrates-new-prescribed-burn-capability-for-spaceport
<p>Anyone who has seen a launch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida knows the agency’s pursuit
#demonstrates #prescribed #capability #spaceport

Revolutionizing global aerospace transportation

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

Is This a Joke? Canada's 'Spaceport' Is as Impressive as its Military Might
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=is-this-a-joke-canadas-spaceport-is-as-impressive-as-its-military-might
Quick take: <p>Canada is very proud to have opened its own spaceport
#impressive #spaceport #military #canada

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

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/

#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

🇨🇦 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

🇨🇦 #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

#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

🇲🇾 #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

🌍 #Djibouti revealed a $1 billion plan in 2023 to build #Africa's first orbital #spaceport with two PRC-based 🇨🇳 companies.Djibouti launched its first satellite in 2023, on a #SpaceX rocket https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11304

#China #US

🌍 #Djibouti revealed a $1 billion plan in 2023 to build #Africa's first orbital #spaceport with two PRC-based 🇨🇳 companies.Djibouti launched its first satellite in 2023, on a #SpaceX rocket https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11304

#China #US

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/116069534495909145

#Orbex has formally begun #insolvency proceedings. The Exploration Company is "disappointed that this potential transaction will not move forward". #Skyrora confirms it intends to explore the purchase of select #Orbex assets, including the Sutherland #Spaceport.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/116069534495909145

#Orbex has formally begun #insolvency proceedings. The Exploration Company is "disappointed that this potential transaction will not move forward". #Skyrora confirms it intends to explore the purchase of select #Orbex assets, including the Sutherland #Spaceport.

Earth spins a little over 1,600 km/h at the equator 🌐. At the 45°N point, that speed drops down to just 1,180 km/h https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/how-fast-does-earth-spin

🖼️ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latitude_lines_color.svg

#launch #velocity #spaceport

Earth spins a little over 1,600 km/h at the equator 🌐. At the 45°N point, that speed drops down to just 1,180 km/h https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/how-fast-does-earth-spin

🖼️ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latitude_lines_color.svg

#launch #velocity #spaceport

🇨🇦 The #commercial orbital launch site Atlantic #Spaceport Complex* no longer requires additional environmental reviews and can move ahead to construction 🏗️ and operations https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/01/canadas-first-commercial-spaceport-approval/

* Pictures : #NordSpace https://www.nordspace.com/spaceport

🗺️ #StLawrence, #Newfoundland and #Labrador, #Canada https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=46.900236%2C-55.350628&layer=OpenStreetMap

🇨🇦 The #commercial orbital launch site Atlantic #Spaceport Complex* no longer requires additional environmental reviews and can move ahead to construction 🏗️ and operations https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/01/canadas-first-commercial-spaceport-approval/

* Pictures : #NordSpace https://www.nordspace.com/spaceport

🗺️ #StLawrence, #Newfoundland and #Labrador, #Canada https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=46.900236%2C-55.350628&layer=OpenStreetMap

Space Hubs + Earth Hubs Dedicated Space Hubs linked to our SpacePorts + EcoHubs.

Upward and onward. #Econovetech #SpaceHub #SpacePort

Space Hubs + Earth Hubs Dedicated Space Hubs linked to our SpacePorts + EcoHubs.

Upward and onward. #Econovetech #SpaceHub #SpacePort

Innospace HANBIT‑Nano inaugural commercial launch explodes after liftoff from Brazil's Alcântara
- By Peter B de Selding

https://www.spaceintelreport.com/launcher-startup-innospace-heres-what-we-know-about-inaugural-flight-failure-from-brazils-alcantara-spaceport/
More: https://hype.aero/coverage/launch-vehicles-space-transportation/?story=a3823bc6-0f4a-491a-95d3-6f52aaecb6db
#spaceport #space

Ariane 6 launches two Galileo satellites from Kourou

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/12/Galileo_L14_liftoff_on_Ariane_6
More: https://hype.aero/coverage/launch-vehicles-space-transportation/?story=7288cedf-833a-4c46-a9c9-658fd6d135cc
#spaceport #satellite #space

Southern Launch to host INNOSPACE orbital missions from South Australia

https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Southern_Launch_to_host_INNOSPACE_missions_from_South_Australian_spaceports_999.html
More: https://hype.aero/coverage/launch-vehicles-space-transportation/?story=d5aa42c3-53d1-414f-b2a7-29e7559969c0
#spaceport #space

Spaceport Cornwall and National Drone Hub launch BVLOS and autonomy testbed combining military and civilian airspace
- By Miriam McNabb

https://dronelife.com/2025/12/15/spaceport-cornwall-and-national-drone-hub-launch-uk-autonomy-testing-project/
More: https://hype.aero/coverage/drones/?story=80dbe16f-f3c9-4df1-8620-0b7eda41c698
#spaceport #aviation