https://spacewatch.global/tag/matt-archer/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:37:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/matt-archer/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/hyimpulse-and-saxavord-spaceport-sign-launch-agreement-to-advance-european-launch-capabilities/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72194 HyImpulse Technologies has signed a launch services agreement with SaxaVord Spaceport for the second flight of its SR75 suborbital launch vehicle. The mission is targeted for later this year and will mark HyImpulse’s first launch from European territory. The agreement follows the successful inaugural lift-off of SR75 from Koonibba, Australia, where the vehicle demonstrated stable flight validating system performance under operational conditions.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/05/snowdonia-space-center-officially-launches-to-stimulate-welsh-space-development/ Mon, 26 May 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=65468 Snowdonia Space Center, a joint venture between the Snowdonia Aerospace Center and Newton Launch Systems has officially launched through a grand opening ceremony. In attendance were Rebecca Evans, MS, Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, Matt Archer, Director of Launch at the UK Space Agency, alongside representatives from the wider space industry]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/07/fire-arrow-partners-arup-for-sustainable-spaceport-development/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 06:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56016 Fire Arrow has announced its partnership with Arup, a global engineering consultancy, dedicated to sustainable development the first in a series of high-profile strategic partners, to boost its ability to provide sustainable, responsive and low-cost access to space. As a collective of designers, consultants and experts working globally, Arup collaborates with clients and partners, using imagination, technology, and rigour to deliver complex projects and shape a better world. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/12/orbex-wins-uksa-funding-under-esa-boost-initiative/ Thu, 14 Dec 2023 07:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52818 UK-based orbital launch services company, Orbex, has won £3.3 million in funding from the UK Space Agency as part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) “Boost!” initiative. The initiative, which is part of ESA’s Commercial Space Transportation Services and Support programme, aims to further the development of world-leading space launch technologies.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/11/skyrora-and-spirit-to-enhance-future-uk-launch-capability/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 07:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52425 Skyrora and Spirit AeroSystems have announced a collaboration on orbital launch capability. The companies celebrated the announcement on the conference’s opening day in Belfast, home to Spirit’s largest UK manufacturing facility. This partnership will enable Skyrora to transition its orbital launch vehicles from development to full-scale production, in addition to localizing its supply chain. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/10/esa-awards-inrange-contract-to-three-companies/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 06:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=51692 The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Skyrora, Viasat, and CGI a contract under the Commercial Space Transportation Services program to demonstrate InRange, a space-based launch vehicle telemetry relay system which will benefit launch vehicle providers across the industry globally. InRange will enable Skyrora to achieve continuous transmission of telemetry data during flight, from launch to payload deployment.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/07/orbex-expands-facilities-for-uk-mainlands-first-vertical-launch/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 06:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49922 UK-based spaceflight company, Orbex, has extended its footprint by over thirty percent across its Scottish and Danish design and production facilities in preparation for the launch of its Prime rocket. The company is adding an extra 1,500 square meters of factory and office space to its existing 4,750 square meter estate in Forres, Scotland, and Copenhagen, Denmark.]]>