#spaceportcornwall — Public Fediverse posts

There are only 2 "#spaceport" 🚀 so far in #OpenStreetMap which pretended to be one unless they never launched something to #space 🌌 (for a considerable amount of time) : #SpaceportAmerica and #CornRanch (#BlueOrigin's #NewShepard launch site) https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/aeroway%3Asuborbital#values. #SpaceportCornwall 🛫 has never been one (other than for propaganda) https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1105816254

There's a considerable amount of #launchpad ⚪ (#balloon 🎈, #research #rockets...) https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=launchpad#values

#SpaceFlight #Orbit #DeepSpace

What's the minimum requirement to call #launch 🚀 infrastructure a "#spaceport" ? https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:aeroway%3Dspaceport

#CornRanch #BlueOrigin #NewShepard #SpaceportCornwall #VirginOrbit

📆 2 Mar, 2023 #DreamChaser will provide a minimum of seven cargo 📦 service missions to and from the #ISS. #SierraSpace has entered into agreements with multiple international #SpaceAgencies. There's a growing list of compatible runways worldwide where the #DreamChaser could land 🛬 : #SpaceportAmerica, #KennedySpaceCenter, #Huntsville, #OitaAirport 🇯🇵, #SpaceportCornwall 🇬🇧. The first launch depends on the progress of #ULA’s #Vulcan 🚀. https://thespacebucket.com/is-dream-chaser-tenacity-on-track-to-launch-in-2023

Back to work with a bump this week. Still tired after covid, but getting there. Long day with an evening class yesterday, and I've just done the BBC local radio round about last night's attempted #RocketLaunch from #SpaceportCornwall, with eight interviews in just over an hour 😅

Thank goodness for chocolate-coated coffee beans, that's all I can say!

The first stage of #launcherOne from last night's #virginOrbit launch as it re-entered & captured by a security camera in Lanzarote, Canary Islands #space #spacePortCornwall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUhxkPp4Mcw&ab_channel=RedSPMN%2FSPMNNetwork

The failure of Britain's #VirginOrbit space launch is like a metaphor for #BrexitBritain. We left the European Union hoping to conquer the galaxy. Instead we just farted into the wind.
#BrexitHasFailed #SpaceportCornwall
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64218883

#SpaceportCornwall - Mourning. www.miniphernalia.co.uk

That UK satellite launch in full.
How it started... and how it ended.
#VirginOrbit #Comet #Neowise #Space #SpaceportCornwall

#VirginOrbit 's #LauncherOne has failed to reach orbit with the loss of all satellite's including #Wales very own #SpaceForge.

#Space #SpaceportCornwall #cardiff #cymru #UKspace #SpaceIsHard

I would be fairly certain that the #LauncherOne undergoes the "BBQ roll" because #VirginOrbit 's comms team vetoed the engineers decision to have the rocket be spitroasted

#UKspace #SpaceportCornwall #Space #rocket #pr #communications

Congratulations to the folks at #VirginOrbit and #SpaceportCornwall for successfully launching the first ever orbital class rocket from the UK! #Space

The launch of the Virgin Orbit rocket by Cosmic Girl from Spaceport Cornwall all seems very on brand for the place I grew up in.

#CosmicGirl #SpaceportCornwall #VirginOrbit #StartMeUp

Pretty amazing this has finally happened...

UK’s first orbital rocket mission takes off from Cornwall
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/09/uks-first-orbital-rocket-mission-takes-off-from-cornwall
#Cornwall #CornwallNewquayAirport #SpaceportCornwall #Space #CosmicGirl

An actual #space industry company based in #Cardiff so naturally I had to write their #Wikipedia article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Forge

Best of luck to the #SpaceForge team!

#VirginOrbit #SpaceportCornwall #cymru #wales

OK
StartMeUp is off the ground!
#space #spaceportcornwall #satellites

Flight Radar tracking of #virginOrbit flight as it's just taken off

https://www.flightradar24.com/2ecccaf4

#space #spacePortCornwall

Not sure how accurate this is...

Potential viewing in Europe for tonight's launch

#spacePortCornwall #virginOrbit #space

It's pretty dark in Cornwall right now #spacePortCornwall #virginOrbit #space

Angry Astronaut is currently streaming from Space Port Cornwall #space #spacePortCornwall #virginOrbit

Launch not due until 11pm tonight UK time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b-S3khIyfQ&ab_channel=TheAngryAstronaut