Spaceport receives go-ahead on Scottish peninsula

Site between Tongue and Durness could be up and running by early 2020s, with Lockheed Martin among partners signed upA peninsula on Scotland ’s north coast has been chosen for the site of the UK’s first spaceport.Vertical rocket and satellite launches are planned from the A ’Mhoine peninsula in Sutherland which the UK Space Agency said would pave the way for spaceflights.Continue reading...
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