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Re:Spaceport Cornwall awarded licence to host UK’s first spa... by jl6 on Thursday November 17, 2022 @03:05AM (#33636184)
The early testing for those launches was done on the Isle of Wight, but AFAIK nothing went to orbit from that site.
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Re:Spaceport Cornwall awarded licence to host UK’s first spa... by kilolima on Thursday November 17, 2022 @03:45AM (#33636401)
Yes, at the bottom of Tennyson Down before the Needles! A concrete rocket motor hard stand built into the side of the slope. Slept out on it for a lunar eclipse one summer night.
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Re:Spaceport Cornwall awarded licence to host UK’s first spa... by mnw21cam on Thursday November 17, 2022 @04:50AM (#33636799)
It's a good choice of location, because you have a decent chunk of Isle of Wight in between the noise of the rocket (and any consequences of rapid unscheduled disassemblies) and populated land.
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