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Space Scotland (formerly Scottish Space Leadership Council) is an industry coordinating body created to promote the Scottish space industry. In conjunction with Scottish Space Academic Forum and The Scottish Government, they have published A Strategy for Space in Scotland 2021 [7] for the continued development of the Scottish space industry over the next decade.
South of Scotland Enterprise is the development agency for southern Scotland, covering the council areas of Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway. [3] It is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government , [ 1 ] and was established in 2020, following the passage of the South of Scotland Enterprise Act 2019 .
Scottish Enterprise was created on 1 April 1991 under the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990. [6] That act dissolved the Scottish Development Agency (SDA), created in 1975 and the Highlands and Islands Development Board forming Scottish Enterprise alongside Highlands and Islands Enterprise. [7]: 62
A number of companies are working to be the first to launch a rocket from the SaxaVord spaceport.
SaxaVord Spaceport, previously known as Shetland Space Centre, [1] is a UK spaceport located on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, the most northerly of the inhabited Shetland Islands off the coast of Scotland. The site is near the RAF Saxa Vord radar station and the settlement of Skaw, adjacent to the Saxa Vord distillery.
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South of Scotland may refer to: The southern portion of Scotland. Geography of Scotland; South of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region) South of Scotland (European Parliament constituency) South of Scotland District (rugby union), a rugby union team
The Sutherland spaceport, also known as Space Hub Sutherland or UK Vertical Launch (UKVL) Sutherland, is a planned spaceport to be located in Sutherland in Scotland. It would be one of the first vertical launch capable spaceports in the United Kingdom, [ note 1 ] and operated by a commercial entity.