Spaceport firm plans to launch rockets from Hercules

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Guest authors

It comes after Virgin Orbit in 2022 unveiled a similar ambition to turn Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport into a “horizontal launch” spaceport, before the firm collapsed following the failure of its first landmark launch in the UK.

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Register #395 | Slowdown after Rex and Bonza collapses

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December 3, 2024
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All the changes from CASA’s aircraft register, as analysed by Hannah Dowling. This month, iconic Rex jets leave the register, Qantas Group continues its fleet expansion, Virgin pumps the brakes and E190 leases change hands.

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Perth Airport shows off planned ‘one airport’ overhaul

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The fly-through animation shows the airport’s new parallel runway and terminal facilities, as well as other features including its first multi-storey carparks and airport hotel, to be built over the next 10 years in what is being dubbed the “one airpor…

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Bankstown Airport greenlit for major hangar development

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Part of Bankstown’s $60 million Aviation Hangar Project Major Development Plan (MDP), the project will see the construction of two new hangars and associated facilities, which will support up to 10 GA operations in the southwest Sydney region.

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