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Launches licence is a 'leap' for UK space
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|August 05, 2025
A SCOTTISH space company is celebrating after winning a licence to fire off its rockets.
It allows Skyrora to use a launch pad at Saxa Vord spaceport in the Shetland Islands.
However there are no slots free this year for the 40ft Skylark, which would take a 50kg payload to about 310 miles and return.
This story is from the August 05, 2025 edition of Daily Express.
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