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Rocket manufacturer Orbex has submitted its application to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for a launch licence from a spaceport in Sutherland.
When the Orbex Prime rocket is finished, the plan is to launch it by late 2022 from Space Hub Sutherland, the carbon-neutral Spaceport in the Scottish Highlands.
The Scottish government has unveiled a plan to build a network of satellite launch sites.
CAPTAIN Kirk anticipates space tourists taking off from Scotland in our lifetime. No, not on the next Star Trek film but from a destination from which we usually travel to the continent. Captain Roy Kirk has just as much passion for space as the better-known Captain James Tiberius Kirk and is at the heart of Scotland’s emergence as a global leader in space technology. The project director from Space Hub Sutherland who delights in being called Captain Kirk, on account of a Territorial Army background, is excited at how fast the sector is growing in Sutherland and across Scotland.
The UK will start issuing spaceflight licenses this summer, paving the way for first rockets to launch from British soil next year. There are still multiple prospective spaceports and rocket builders in the running. Will all of them make it across the finish line?