UK approves 1st vertical rocket launch from Saxavord Spaceport
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/uk-approves-1st-vertical-rocket-launch-from-saxavord-spaceport
UK approves 1st vertical rocket launch from Saxavord Spaceport
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/uk-approves-1st-vertical-rocket-launch-from-saxavord-spaceport
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Why does everything British have to sound so… British?
> a first-ever license to vertically launch an orbital rocket from mainland Europe
> from SaxaVord Spaceport on the Shetland Islands off the coast of Scotland.
How is an island on mainland Europe? And the Soviets and Russians have been launching from Plesetsk, which *is* in mainland Europe, for many decades.
That’s the jankiest launch installation I’ve ever seen but good luck
Have to admit, as a UK resident, I’m hugely excited by this! Very interested in taking the trip over to see if I can film it..
It’s obviously not a patch on KSC/CCSFS but hey.. A launch from the British isles? That’s cool as hell 😊