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Rocket launch in Shetland delayed after engine explosion

In December 2023, SaxaVord Spaceport was given approval from the Civil Aviation Authority to begin orbital launches this year.

It was to be the first fully-licensed spaceport in Western Europe able to launch vertically into orbit.

It permits up to 30 launches a year that will be used to take satellites and other payload into space.

German rocket firm HyImpulse and Edinburgh-based Skyrora are among the companies planning to use the spaceport.

Lockheed Martin/ABL Space Systems is also planning orbital launches as part of the official UK Government Pathfinder launch.

The space industry in the UK is estimated to be worth £17.5bn and supports about 48,800 jobs at 2,200 firms.

Cornwall Spaceport was the UK’s first licensed spaceport, however its rockets are launched horizontally, carried by an aircraft.

Scotland currently has five proposed spaceports under development, with the Sutherland Spaceport also under construction with ambitions of launching 12 rockets into orbit per year.

A further spaceport is planned on North Uist, with both Glasgow Prestwick and Spaceport Machrihanish hoping to join the space race and conduct horizontal orbital launches in the future.


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