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Re:Spaceport Cornwall awarded licence to host UK’s first spa... by lloydatkinson on Thursday November 17, 2022 @06:07AM (#33637336)
The entire UK space industry has been a downer for the last 50 years.
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Re:Spaceport Cornwall awarded licence to host UK’s first spa... by Oxidation on Thursday November 17, 2022 @07:51AM (#33638187)
The only country ever to gain satellite launch capability and lose it again.
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Re:Spaceport Cornwall awarded licence to host UK’s first spa... by actionfromafar on Thursday November 17, 2022 @08:53AM (#33638862)
One launch. Then packed it up and left.
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Re:Spaceport Cornwall awarded licence to host UK’s first spa... by KineticLensman on Thursday November 17, 2022 @07:59AM (#33638265)
> The entire UK space industry has been a downer for the last 50 years

True for launches but we have a lot of innovation in satellite design and manufacture. E.g. ion drives used in Earth orbit and for planetary missions [0] and [1]

[0] https://www.qinetiq.com/en/blogs/postcards-from-space-ion-th...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey_Satellite_Technology#Sa...

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Re:Spaceport Cornwall awarded licence to host UK’s first spa... by mywacaday on Monday November 21, 2022 @05:19AM (#33690930)
There was one highlight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJdrlWR-yFM
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