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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