Launch Site In Scotland Adds To UK Space Capability

Tony Osborne July 20, 2018
Credit: Orbex/Anders Boggild
A picturesque corner of Northern Scotland looks set to become the gateway for Britain’s first ventures into low-Earth-orbit smallsat and cubesat launch. The UK’s first vertical-launch spaceport at Melness on the A’Mhoine Peninsula in Sutherland could support as many as 10 launches a year when it...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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