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INNOVATION.
The UK could launch satellites from its own spaceport by 2020.
by Colm Gorey
and:
Blast off from Britain.
This is great news. Small orbital launchers are not that difficult to do actually. First, suborbital rockets can be done even by just pressure-fed engines. For instance, Armadillo Aerospace came quite close at a 95 km altitude launch with their Stig-A rocket before they ran out of money:
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Stiga flight 2 - to 95km by Armadillo Aerospace.
http://highpowerrocketry.blogspot.com/2012/02/stiga-flight-2-to-95km-by-armadillo.html
Then once you have a suborbital rocket, you can get an orbital launcher by using triple cores:
Orbital rockets are now easy.
Copyright 2015 Robert Clark
http://exoscientist.blogspot.com/2015/08/orbital-rockets-are-now-easy.html
Bob Clark
The UK could launch satellites from its own spaceport by 2020.
by Colm Gorey
The UK’s universities and science minister, Jo Johnson, said : “We really do stand at the dawn of a very exciting era. This is a big and incredibly exhilarating moment for this country.”
The UK Space Agency’s CEO, Katherine Courtney, added: “Together, we are working to embrace the emerging small satellite launch market to capture a share of the £25bn global opportunity.
“I’m confident that 2020 will see the first launches from British soil, and we’re working hard to make that a reality.”
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/inn...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
and:
Blast off from Britain.
"It may be that a low-cost, rapid-response, small launcher meshes perfectly with the UK’s vibrant and strong small/nano satellite industry – enabling both to soar to greater heights."
https://www.aerosociety.com/news/blast-off-from-britain/
This is great news. Small orbital launchers are not that difficult to do actually. First, suborbital rockets can be done even by just pressure-fed engines. For instance, Armadillo Aerospace came quite close at a 95 km altitude launch with their Stig-A rocket before they ran out of money:
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Stiga flight 2 - to 95km by Armadillo Aerospace.
http://highpowerrocketry.blogspot.com/2012/02/stiga-flight-2-to-95km-by-armadillo.html
Then once you have a suborbital rocket, you can get an orbital launcher by using triple cores:
Orbital rockets are now easy.
Copyright 2015 Robert Clark
http://exoscientist.blogspot.com/2015/08/orbital-rockets-are-now-easy.html
Bob Clark
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