Spaceport

We are preparing for launch!

Prestwick Spaceport, a joint partnership between Glasgow Prestwick Airport and South Ayrshire Council, aims to become the premier launch location in Europe, offering horizontal launches of orbital and sub-orbital missions for:

– small satellite launches
– microgravity experiments
– potentially, crewed missions for human spaceflight (feasibility currently being explored)

We are in the ideal location for ‘air launch’ due to strong transport links, a more than favourable climate for launches and a strong heritage of innovation and engineering expertise. The spaceport forms a key part of a growing ecosystem of companies and talent that will act as a catalyst to stimulate economic activity around space, boosted by multi-million pound Ayrshire Growth Deal funding.

Glasgow Prestwick Airport and the surrounding site can meet the needs of industry with many established aerospace businesses on our doorstep – Scotland’s largest aerospace centre of excellence – and availability to accommodate many more on site.

With the Space Industry Act now in place and a regulatory framework well under development for launch from UK soil, we will work towards our first launch.

The space industry is predicted to be worth £400bn globally by 2030 and the UK aims to secure 10% of that global market, with launch a key enabler for a fast-growing satellite market, with operators of technology no larger than a shoebox looking to access “Low Earth Orbit” (LEO) to carry out activities that include monitoring climate change, tracking deforestation and identifying illegal fishing or mining activities around the globe.

Want to find out more, or work with us?

Glasgow Prestwick Spaceport, Aviation House, Prestwick, KA9 2PL

E: spaceport@glasgowprestwick.com

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