Satellites

Satellites have been manufactured in Scotland for decades, with the city of Glasgow actually churning out around 70% of Europe’s satellites.

In addition to manufacturing satellites, Scotland is soon to host a number of rocket launch pads to take small satellites into orbit as well as horizontal launch facilities.

Satellite technology

Civil Servants Advise Against GNSS, UK’s Own Satellite Navigation System

Senior civil servants in the UK are skeptical about UK’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). They believe this project to be excessively pricey and now urge ministers to focus on other areas instead. GNSS requires a 5 billion pound investment, which in times of the Covid pandemic, is not only pricey but simply unaffordable, given…
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