UK Approves First Vertical Rocket Launch Following the granting of the licence, German company RFA's 30 metre tall rocket has permission to take satellites into orbit.

London: The first vertical launch of a rocket into orbit from European soil could take place from the UK's most northerly point this year after a German company won approval for spaceflight ...

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Britain is set to be the site of Europe’s first rocket launch after the UK regulator granted the first licence of its kind for a vertical take-off. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), a German rocket ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain gave the green light to Rocket Factory Augsburg to launch satellites from a site in northern Scotland on Thursday, potentially paving the way for regular commercial space ...

The decision from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is the final significant piece of regulatory approval needed for Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) to launch from SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst ...

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A German company which aims to be the first to blast off a satellite from Shetland this year has been granted the first ever vertical launch licence for a rocket launching from UK soil.

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