{"id":38505,"date":"2023-08-28T18:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T18:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/?p=38505"},"modified":"2023-08-28T18:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T18:00:07","slug":"britain-re-joins-space-race-after-50-years-and-plans-to-launch-a-rocket-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/world-news\/britain-re-joins-space-race-after-50-years-and-plans-to-launch-a-rocket-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain re-joins space race after 50 years and plans to launch a rocket a month"},"content":{"rendered":"<li><span>Bookmark<\/span><span><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span><\/span><\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/media\/9u6CS4pO\/poster.jpg\" data-width=\"100%\" onerror=\"this.parentElement.classList.add('video-thumbnail--unavailable');this.style.display='none'\"><\/p>\n<p>For out-of-this-world news, sign up for the Spaced Out newsletter<\/p>\n<h2>Thank you for subscribing!<\/h2>\n<p>For out-of-this-world news, sign up for the Spaced Out newsletter<\/p>\n<p>We have more newsletters<\/p>\n<p>Britain is set to join the space race by launching a rocket every month.<\/p>\n<p>Rival companies plan to blast satellites into orbit from separate bases in Cornwall, Scotland and Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Launch cost reductions have triggered the UK\u2019s re-entry into the space business.<\/p>\n<p><b> READ MORE: Secret chamber in Egypt&apos;s Great Pyramid \u2018could be filled with Pharaoh\u2019s treasure&apos; <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Skyrora has begun manufacturing XL rockets at Cumbernauld, near Glasgow, ahead of a planned first launch from the SaxaVord rocket base in Unst, Shetland, next year (2024).<\/p>\n<p>It will be 53 years after the launch of Black Arrow &#8211; so far Britain\u2019s only successful placing of a satellite into orbit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30806403.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Press-Conference-Takes-Place-Ahead-Of-UKs-First-Rocket-Launch.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Euan Clark, project team leader at Skyrora, said: &quot;After half a century we are back in business and ready to go into space again.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;In a few years we hope to launch a rocket every month.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The rebirth of UK satellite launching is the result of the miniaturisation of modern electronics.<\/p>\n<p>Early spacecraft were the size of cars and needed massive launchers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30806404.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_PROD-Virgin-Orbits-Start-Me-Up-Mission-Aims-For-November-Takeoff-From-Cornwall-Spaceport.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30802710.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_EXCLUSIVE-Travelling-clairvoyants-are-actually-AI-experts-exploiting-tech-to-explore-space-and-ti.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> &apos;Clairvoyants&apos; are actually &apos;AI experts exploiting tech to explore space and time&apos;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today\u2019s satellites can be shoebox-sized and require smaller launch craft like the Skyrora XL.<\/p>\n<p>It is just 22 metres tall compared with the 110 metre high Saturn V rockets that took Apollo astronauts to the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>Each rocket can carry payloads of up to 300kg at a cost of up to \u00a336,000-per-kilogram burning 50,000 litres of fuel whisking cargoes to altitudes of up to 1,000km.<\/p>\n<p>The three-stage Skyrora XL will be powered by 3D-printed engines which burn a kerosene-peroxide propellent which produces less pollution than standard fuel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30806402.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Spaceport-Cornwall.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30795524.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_PRESS-RELEASE-Aliens-may-be-sending-AI-astronauts-to-Earth-and-our-bots-may-imitate-them-says-Harvar.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Aliens could send AI astronauts to Earth and our bots may imitate them say boffins<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From Unst &#8211; the most northerly inhabited place in Britain &#8211; rockets can be fired over the North Sea and carry probes on polar orbits.<\/p>\n<p>Earth-monitoring spacecraft can study sea-level fluctuations and ice-sheet changes as the planet revolves below.<\/p>\n<p>Euan said the company expects `environment-monitoring probes as well as communication satellites will form the core of our business\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The firm \u2013 which has been given funds by both the UK and European Space Agencies &#8211; also plans to use its craft to clean-up debris.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30806401.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Spaceport-Cornwall.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30798246.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_mrz.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Infamous Mars hoax that saw e-mail claim planet would look as big as a full Moon<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&quot;There all sorts of old satellites and bits of rocket in orbit round the Earth and these can cause problems,&quot; Euan said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;So if we can use our satellites \u2013 as we believe we can \u2013 to bring some of them down safely or put them in a safer, higher orbit, that will obviously be very useful as well.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The company plans to launch small satellites weighing less than 500kg.<\/p>\n<p><b><i><i><i><b><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i>To get more stories from Daily Star delivered straight to your inbox sign up to one of our free newsletters<\/i> here.<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/b><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30788237.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_Theres-definitely-alien-life-in-our-solar-system-and-well-find-it-NASA-scientist-claims.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> NASA scientist &apos;absolutely certain&apos; alien life will be found &#8211; but only on one planet<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In 2012 there were 50 such launches but by 2019 that had grown to 400.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts predict demand will continue to soar.<\/p>\n<p>Rival company Orbex Prime hopes to schedule launches from Sutherland Spaceport in north Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Other launch sites being touted include the Western Isles, the Kintyre peninsula as well as locations in Wales and Cornwall.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>space<\/li>\n<li>Spaced Out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/britain-re-joins-space-race-30806039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bookmark For out-of-this-world news, sign up for the Spaced Out newsletter Thank you for subscribing! 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