Comments on: Virgin Orbit finally receives launch license from British bureaucracy https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/virgin-orbit-finally-receives-launch-license-from-british-bureaucracy/ Thu, 22 Dec 2022 03:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/virgin-orbit-finally-receives-launch-license-from-british-bureaucracy/#comment-1384916 Thu, 22 Dec 2022 03:07:04 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=91195#comment-1384916 From the GOV.UK press release: “… putting the UK’s regulatory framework on a competitive footing with other international space regulators.”

If the U.K. government’s OneWeb satellites had to wait 15 months forSpaceX to secure launch permission from the U.S. government, then SpaceX would still be waiting for permission to launch. In this competition, the U.K. is losing.
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-successfully-launches-40-oneweb-satellites/

]]> By: David Ross https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/virgin-orbit-finally-receives-launch-license-from-british-bureaucracy/#comment-1384733 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 17:47:26 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=91195#comment-1384733 Especially considering that the UK is at a ridiculously high latitude and, also, doesn’t have much sea to the east before hitting inhabited landmasses, like St Petersburg. If the UK is to compete with (say) the Guianas, the UK cannot afford to be adding delays.

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