Skyrora: Scotland's answer to Elon Musk's SpaceX

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A Scottish company named Skyrora is just months away from launching a rocket in the Shetland Islands and is currently building its rocket near Glasgow, and is 3D-printing parts, while hoping to recycle sections that fall back to Earth to reduce costs.

A successful mission would deploy the first satellite in orbit from UK soil, and put the country firmly in the space race, as Sky's science correspondent Thomas Moore reports.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/scotlands-answer-to-elon-musks-spacex-is-taking-shape-and-its-only-a-few-months-away-from-launching-12967336

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