New Agreement Enables Use of U.S. Launchers From British Spaceports

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The TSA, allowing U.S. launchers to be lofted from the UK, will benefit Lockheed Martin, and possibly also Rocket Lab.
Credit: Lockheed Martin
London and Washington have signed off on security arrangements that will pave the way for U.S. cubesat and small-satellite launchers to be lofted into low Earth orbit from UK spaceports. Two years in the making, the Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA), signed in Washington on June 17, permits U.S...

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