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Wednesday , November 4 2026

Scotcast – Has Scotland’s space dream crashed to earth?

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The first commercial rocket to fire into space from Scotland was meant to take off this year. But the collapse of the Moray rocket manufacturer Orbex this week has cast doubt on whether it will ever happen.

Yet Glasgow remains a European hub for producing space satellites. So why exactly are companies here trying to compete with Elon Musk – whose company Starlink owns around two thirds of the satellites in space? And what are those satellites actually doing? We hear from space scientist Dr Hina Khan.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller and Martin Geissler.

Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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