A new space race? Britain enters the orbital launch business.
by Jason Thomson
Nov 03, 2022
4 minutes
Take a look inside the operations at Spaceport Cornwall, and the focus on precision and innovation is clear.
People are dressed in pristine white lab coats, their hair tucked into blue caps, faces obscured by masks and goggles. The space is spotless, devoid of almost any furnishings or clutter. The workers huddle round a table, intent on the task before them, while in the background looms a huge cage, shaped like the nose of a rocket.
Here in southwest England, this clean room is where satellites are integrated into their dispenser – the piece of a launch system that will spit them out into space when they reach the necessary orbit.
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