The British announced the creation of a cosmodrome in Scotland

The British government announced the construction of a cosmodrome in northern Scotland. The conversations about the creation of the first UK space rocket launcher are going on for a long time, and now it has become known from the beginning of the work.

The British Space Agency will invest an additional 2.5 million pounds in the construction of the cosmodrome. Site launches are expected to begin in the first half of the 2020s. It is expected that the cosmodrome will be open for both government missions and private companies.

The cosmodrome site was selected throughout the United Kingdom: points were considered in England, Wales and Scotland. Virgin Orbit has already hinted that it plans to launch from this cosmodrome the modified Boeing 747-400 (in the company that they call Cosmic Girl) with the LauncherOne rocket – after the separation of the planet. airplane, it will be able to provide a useful charge on the orbit.

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