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- 1UK grants licence for first rocket launch from Shetland●Rocket company granted licence to launch from UK https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/civil-aviation-authority-shetla
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has granted a German rocket company a licence to launch from the Shetland Islands, a key step toward the first vertical rocket liftoffs from British soil. The approval, reported by the Standard, means launches could take place from the SaxaVord spaceport site in Shetland, boosting the UK's ambitions to grow a domestic space launch industry.