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Spaceport: locations and criteria
Seeking views on the conclusions and recommendations on criteria and potentially feasible locations for a UK spaceport.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk
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Consultation seeking views on the 8 potential locations identified as a commercial sub-orbital spaceflight spaceport and the:
- key operational
- safety
- meteorological
- environmental
- economic
criteria used by the Civil Aviation Authority in selection.
Related spaceflight documents- Commercial spaceplane certification and operations: UK government review, published 15 July 2014
- Government paves way for UK spaceport, press release published 15 July 2014
Documents
Supporting commercial spaceplane operations in the UKapplication/pdfSummary and government response to the consultation on criteria to determine the location of a UK spaceport application/pdfSpaceport locations and criteria: consultation responses received (a to l)application/x-zip-compressedSpaceport locations and criteria: consultation responses received (m to z)application/x-zip-compressed