On Monday, the Virginia-based startup announced its successful demonstration, marking the first set ofAdvertisement“This demonstration provided numerous lessons which will be incorporated into our next project: building a sea-based spaceport capable of orbital operations,” Tom Marotta, founder and CEO of The Spaceport Company, said in the company
. “We are working towards offering the U.S.’s first truly commercial spaceport, which can best support the rapidly growing commercial launch industry and alleviate the burdens on government ranges.”propulsion systems, The Spaceport Company launched four small sounding rockets from a modified ship floating in the Gulf of Mexicoan effort to decrease demand on terres
trial launch sites as the cadence of rocket launches continues to increase. The launch pace and resulting trafficthat U.S. Space Force is looking for alternatives,The company also claims that its offshore launches pose “less risk to the public and fewer environmental impacts than competing launch sites on land or overseas,” The Spaceport Company wrote in its statement.That rockets launched from land pose potential environmental harms is most certainly a topical issue.