Spaceport prepares for lift-off of first open day
The rockets and satellites have been designed by 11 university teams who are travelling to Kintyre to launch their designs from all over the UK.
The rockets and satellites have been designed by 11 university teams who are travelling to Kintyre to launch their designs from all over the UK.
More than £70,000 in funding will help show MACC Business Park’s suitability as a launch point in Scotland’s emerging space sector
‘The team we have will bring a huge wealth of experience and technical expertise to the project to allow us to develop a robust, sustainable and deliverable plan for the establishment of spaceport-related activities on site.’
The Courier raced to publish details of the first ‘spaceport’ firm confirmed for Machrihanish on its website.
TAO Technologies UK Ltd already uses the Gaydon hanger to assemble its high altitude Skydragon helium balloons for testing and is planning launches for 2020.
‘It is entirely possible for multiple spaceports to be based around the UK.’.