The spaceport in Newquay says it plans to announce a new launch partner in March.

'Hugely proud': Spaceport Cornwall bosses expect next launch in 2025

The council leader says no concerns were raised by the aviation authority despite a report stating spectators "could have been killed".

Council won't investigate claim people 'could have been killed' by rocket launch

Melissa Quinn joined Spaceport Cornwall in 2014 and led the team through the UK's first ever space launch.

Spaceport Cornwall boss Melissa Quinn quits role 

The company has decided to pause all operations from today after the firm's first satellite mission from UK soil failed to reach orbit earlier this year.

Virgin Orbit immediately halts all operations after failed UK launch

Virgin Orbit's Start Me Up mission, which launched from Cornwall, failed in January.

Failure of UK's first space mission Spaceport Cornwall explained

A repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 aircraft, named Cosmic Girl, carrying Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket, taxis down the runway ahead of take off at Spaceport Cornwall at Cornwall Airport, Newquay

The UK's first ever space satellite launch failed on Monday after a technical 'anomaly' 

Virgin Orbit plane returns to US after failed UK space mission

The company said it hopes to return to Spaceport Cornwall for additional launches as early as later this year.

Virgin Orbit reveals what caused UK's first space mission to fail

100123 SPACEPORT CORNWALL VIRGIN ORBIT FAIL LVIESTREAM 

Virgin Orbit revealed during a livestream that the mission had failed.

'Newquay, we have an anomaly' - the moment the UK's first space launch failed

Virgin Orbit says it will investigate after a failure in the late stages of its mission

What happened when Virgin Orbit took off from UK in failed space mission

Over the course of the modified 747 jet's flight, the plane reached speeds of 549 knots

This is the route Virgin Orbit's flight took before launching failed rocket 

"We are mindful that we failed to provide our customers with the launch service they deserve."

Virgin Orbit's statement in full after UK's space mission failed 

The repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 aircraft, named Cosmic Girl, took off from Spaceport Cornwall carrying the LauncherOne rocket.

The rocket won't reach the altitude needed to deploy the satellites it had on board. 

First ever UK space launch fails after rocket ‘anomaly’

The LauncherOne rocket has successfully detached from the plane just south of Ireland

Watch Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl take off in UK's first space launch

The rocket launch will be live-streamed as history is made in Cornwall tonight.

Spaceport Cornwall: What time is the rocket launch today?

History will be made tonight in Cornwall as Virgin Orbit launches its first space launch from Newquay

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