A number of companies are working to become the first to launch satellites into space from European soil, with several planning on using #SaxaVord Spaceport. Germany’s #RFA is thought to have the most advanced plans https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/lanarkshire-scottish-north-lanarkshire-iceland-european-b1211534.html

The 30-second “hot fire test” intended to replicate the downward thrust required to get a rocket into #space - without anything actually taking off. The test had not gone according to plan . The #RFAOne is a 30m-tall, three-stage rocket that can deliver a 1,300kg payload to a sun-synchronous orbit around Earth https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg23r0p78go