The Scottish rocket manufacturer Orbex will build and operate the spaceport, creating around 40 jobs and investing £20m in the construction under a 50-year lease.
An artist's impression of the site, on the A' Mhoine peninsula in Sutherland. Pic: OrbexA remote peat bog owned by Scottish crofters is to become the first 'traditional' rocket launchpad on the British mainland.
The site, on the A' Mhoine peninsula in Sutherland, north-west Scotland, will see up to 12 launches a year, with rockets lifting off vertically from the ground. The location is seen as ideal for launching satellites into an orbit that takes them over the north and south poles. The first launch could be as soon as next year.Until now manufacturers have had to ship their spacecraft abroad for launch.
But the countdown is underway for the first 'horizontal' launch at Spaceport Cornwall later this month, with a jumbo jet taking off from Newquay Airport carrying a rocket under its wing. The rocket will be released and fired over the Atlantic Ocean. Spacehub Sutherland will provide another launch option. The Scottish rocket manufacturer Orbex will build and operate the spaceport, investing £20m in the construction under a 50-year lease.
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