Key to Cornwall’s space cluster development and continued growth for cutting-edge practice within the region, and beyond, the Space Systems Integration Facility and wider infrastructure will serve as a catalyst to attract businesses from across the UK space sector and internationally. The Centre will comprise of two main facilities: the Space Systems Integration Facility, where satellites will be integrated into the fairing of the rocket and the Space Systems Operation Facility, an adjacent R&D work and office space that will complete early 2023. 1 GIANT LEAP DOWNLOAD FULLThis facility forms part of the ‘Centre for Space Technologies’ a nationally unique asset where the value of launch from Cornwall will realise its full potential. The opening of this state-of-the-art building comes ahead of the first ever orbital UK launch and will be where the six satellite payloads will be integrated into Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket. Spaceport Cornwall has officially opened their Space Systems Integration Facility, heralding a new era of capability within small satellite services. The facilities pave the way for Cornwall as the home of horizontal space launch in Europe. The Space Systems Integration Facility is the first of its kind at a Spaceport in the UK. Spaceport Cornwall have officially opened the home of UK launch.
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