Scots spaceport plans hated by country’s richest man ditched after millions ploughed in by Scottish Government

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A ROCKET company has scrapped plans to build a spaceport in the Highlands.

Orbex said it wanted to shift its focus from building the site in Sutherland to developing small and medium-sized rockets.

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Plans for a spaceport in Sutherland have been ditchedCredit: PAClothing tycoon Anders Holch Povlsen opposed the proposed development

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Clothing tycoon Anders Holch Povlsen opposed the proposed developmentCredit: AFP

It now aims to launch its first rockets from the SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland.

The planned spaceport had caused a stir and it was opposed by Scotland’s…

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