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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

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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.”

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Orbex 3D printed rocket to be the first launched from UK’s new ‘Sutherland Space Hub’ - 3D Printing Industry

British aerospace company Orbex has announced that…

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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

Could the United States’ future liftoffs take place in Africa?

By working together on expanding the roster of rocket…

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Had a fun day playing at the #VirginGalactic Tustin campus in the #NxtGen space program. Next stop- #Spaceport

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China putting finishing touches on seaside #spaceport for commercial launches...
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"Both Launch Pad No. 1 and Launch Pad No. 2 have been meticulously designed to accommodate over 10 different types of rockets from nine manufacturers," Bian Pengfei, project manager of Launch Pad 2, #Hainan International Commercial Space Launch Co., Ltd., told #China Central Television (#CCTV).

China putting finishing touches on seaside spaceport for commercial launches (video)

At least 9 companies plan to use the two new coastal…

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