Investor Brief
Ownership
Government
Country
🇬🇧United Kingdom
Region
Europe
Established
2,020
Launches / Year
0
Years Active
6
Strategic Position
55.5094° N, 4.5944° W
About
A proposed horizontal small-satellite launch site, approved in 2020 as an £80M flagship of the Ayrshire Growth Deal targeting a first mission in 2023/24. Removed from the Growth Deal via a change request approved July 2025 after key commercial launch partners withdrew and the global market shifted decisively to vertical micro-launch. South Ayrshire Council wrote off £3.279M of sunk cost. Never operational; zero launches.
Key Features
Cancelled July 2025 — never became operational
£3.279M written off by South Ayrshire Council
Airport itself remains open, owned by the Scottish Government since 2013