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Draft Spaceflight Bill

Sets out how the government plans to regulate launch-to-orbit and sub-orbital spaceflight activities from UK spaceports.

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TypePolicy paper

First published21 Feb 2017

Last updated21 Feb 2017

Organisations

Department for Transport Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy UK Space Agency

Topics

SpaceflightUK economy

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