Spaceport Shetlands. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
May 12, 2022, 12:44 AM
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Capitalism in space: Lockheed Martin announced today that it is moving its Pathfinder smallsat rocket operation to a new spaceport in Shetland in the United Kingdom, with the first launch targeted for ’24.
Capitalism in space: Lockheed Martin announced today that it is moving its Pathfinder smallsat rocket operation to a new spaceport in Shetland in the United Kingdom, with the first launch targeted for ’24.
This Shetland site is a different UK spaceport from the Sutherland site, also in Scotland, where both Lockheed Martin and the British company Orbex also hope to launch.