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#Orbex dismayed the Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 government in December last year when, with little warning, it pulled the plug on building its own #spaceport, in #Sutherland. The UK “doesn’t need the capacity for two spaceports right now”. The question is, will it ever ? telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/

The Telegraph · Meet the British space entrepreneur Phil Chambers helping to break Europe’s reliance on MuskBy Matthew Field
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#Sutherland #spaceport : Updated planning documents will see peat excavations reduced by almost 60% and bridges installed over waterways to increase “mammal migration paths”. Discussions have already begun on how to manage the potential influx of people hoping to spot one of the 12 launches 🚀 each year. insider.co.uk/news/approved-su

businessInsider · Approved Sutherland spaceport could bring economic boostAnders Holch Povlsen’s company objected to the proposals, but councillors have backed Orbex's updates
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#Orbex : “The first orbital #spaceflight from the #UK 🇬🇧 has come a step closer following the Highland Council’s decision for the #Sutherland #spaceport”.

Other private aerospace companies have also developed #3Dprinted rocket engines :

• #RocketCrafters has successfully completed a series of tests ahead of a planned test flight later this year.
• #RocketLab's #Electron
• #RelativitySpace will develop “the world’s first fully 3D printed rocket.”

3dprintingindustry.com/news/or

#3Dprint#rocket
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The search for safer and geographically advantageous launch sites has turned global attention toward #Africa 🌍. It’s proximity to the equator brings with it a “slingshot effect” for rockets, helping satellites reach geostationary transfer orbit with less fuel and #costs. #Djibouti’s 🇩🇯 #spaceport is expected to take five years to complete. Engineers from a couple of #Kenyan 🇰🇪 universities concluded that building a spaceport was “highly feasible” atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/afri

Atlantic Council · Could the United States’ future liftoffs take place in Africa?By working together on expanding the roster of rocket launch sites available to the United States, Washington and its African partners can set a global standard for responsible space exploration.
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