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According to Lockheed Martin the first satellite launched from the UK will be used to collect data from space that will help drive growth across the country .
The application contains a proposal for a launch site on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, with various site buildings.
Around 140 jobs would be created at the launch site and a further 70 throughout Scotland if given the go ahead, bringing £7.8million gross value per year to the nation s economy, The Herald reports.
In its decision HES said it had noted the profitable benefits of the site but said there was no compelling case for it to be built on the culturally significant location.
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Scots nature agency s concerns for seabirds from space centre plan Scotland’s natural heritage agency has raised concerns for important seabird colonies from a proposed space centre in Shetland. NatureScot is to insist that managers of the proposed spaceport in Shetland does not carry out rocket launches during the breeding season fearing that without that protected populations on the island of Unst could disappear. The plan is for the space centre to be be used by Lockheed Martin s UK Pathfinder satellite launch system and it would enable up to 30 launches per year. It follows the UK Space Agency approving Lockheed Martin’s plan to use a £23.5m grant to move its UK Pathfinder Launch to the most northerly inhabited island in Scotland as part of the UK’s spaceflight programme.
Scotland s first space launch as billion-dollar US company choose Shetland site for blast-off
The multi-billion dollar firm plans to send a craft into orbit from a launch pad at the isle of Unst in Shetland by next year (Image: Lockheed Martin)
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