Scottish Highland Community 'blindsided' By Spaceport Bombshell As Future Hopes Turn To Dust

16th December 2024

A community which spent eight years trying to secure Sutherland Spaceport for the future of the area speaks out after the company switched its launches to Shetland.

All was well at a lunch in the Tongue Hotel on the final Monday in October when Phillip Chambers, chief executive of aerospace company Orbex, stood up and told those gathered about the bright future for the Sutherland spaceport.

Construction was well underway, things were looking good and the company was gearing up to launch its first rockets on the A' Mhòine peninsula in 2025.

The mood was positive in the room, where board members from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) gathered on a trip to see the spaceport, which had received £14.5 million in public funding, for themselves.

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