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From: Hamsterwheel
We have 4 spaceports Active and Licensed Spaceports • SaxaVord Spaceport • Location: Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland • Type: Licensed vertical launch spaceport (up to 30–60 launches annually) • Status & Plans: The UK's primary hub for vertical orbital launches targeting polar and sun-synchronous orbits. German firm Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) holds a launch operator license and delivered its RFA ONE rocket stages to the site for upcoming launch windows. HyImpulse Technologies is also scheduled for suborbital launches with its SR75 vehicle. • Spaceport Cornwall • Location: Newquay Airport, Cornwall, England • Type: Horizontal air-launch spaceport • Status & Plans: Hosted the historic (though unsuccessful in reaching orbit) Virgin Orbit horizontal launch mission in January 2023. • Space Hub Sutherland • Location: Mhoine peninsula, Sutherland, Scotland • Type: Vertical launch spaceport • Status & Plans: Designated for small-scale vertical rocket operations, with developers like Orbex slated to launch the UK-manufactured Prime rocket using renewable bio-propane. • Glasgow Prestwick Spaceport • Location: Ayrshire, Scotland • Type: Horizontal orbital spaceport infrastructure • Status & Plans: Focused on horizontal aerospace launches and supply chain integration The Cornish one has had one unsuccessful launch, the rest none

Current Thread	Author	Time
UK has put a max on stuff we can shoot into space. Crazy...[more]	Hamsterwheel	14:50:31
>> Has there ever been a launch from UK territory?	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	15:03:04
>> We have 4 spaceports...[more]	Hamsterwheel	15:08:02
>> I have been to the Cornish one. It’s laughable ( and closed )	Denc 🗡	16:15:25
>> So none. Meaningless bureaucratic Bollocks as usual. At least we lead the ... [more]	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	15:15:22

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