Great Britain wants to build a kozmodrom. Why are they building in Scotland?

BRATISLAVA. The Northern Scottish Sutherland is one of the places where people watch the eagles of the rocks or the eagles of the sea. However, since the early 1920s, these creatures will share the sky with the rocket launchers.

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The remote area of ​​the peninsula A & Mhoine, on the north coast of Scotland, will become the first space station British to launch satellite launchers

Britain, from where we can reach desirable satellite orbits with a vertical launch rocket, "explained the British Space Agency (UKSA) in the release

The site will be built by Highlands and Islands Enterprise. The partner will be the American Lockheed Martin, who is currently releasing New Zealand carrier rockets.

Parts of the rocket will be produced directly on the British Isles. the only country looking for a place to build a cosmodrome or a space center.

In early July, the Australian Space Agency, which is also looking for a suitable place, began to work. Indonesia wants to build on Morotai

What factors should be taken into account when designing a future cosmodrome? The proper selection of the starting point can be gained a lot. Satellites are most often transmitted in the universe. The choice of the orbit to which it is placed depends on the role of the satellite

Earth observation satellites, including spy satellites, are located in a low orbit (up to two thousand kilometers). In this orbit, there is also the International Space Station or the Hubblov telescope. The advantage of the course is that the exercise does not need a lot of energy.

For example, the navigation satellites are placed in a medium-high orbit. GPS satellites are located at an altitude of twenty thousand kilometers. The communications and meteorite satellites are located at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers, on the geostationary trajectory.

The first step is to take charge of the Earth's orbit and maintain it so that it does not fall back on Earth. The starting rocket must therefore be brought with cost through the individual layers of the atmosphere up to a height of more than one hundred kilometers