Britain’s first spaceport licence for a vertical rocket launch is just weeks away from being granted.
SaxaVord spaceport in Shetland is on course to get its licence from the Civil Aviation Authority within eight weeks, according to its leadership team.
Unlike the ‘horizontal’ rocket launch attempt by Virgin Orbit in Cornwall in January, where the rocket was released from underneath the wing of a jumbo jet, Shetland’s crowd-pleasing rocket launch will be a ‘vertical’ launch from a launch pad, with