Consultation outcome

Spaceport: locations and criteria

From:
Department for Transport, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, Ministry of Defence, UK Space Agency and Civil Aviation Authority
Published
15 July 2014
Last updated
3 March 2015 鈥� See all updates
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This consultation has concluded

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Detail of outcome

This publication explains the government鈥檚 response and decisions following our consultation on criteria and feasible locations for a UK spaceport. The release of the response was announced by the Department for Transport on the 3 March 2015.

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Detail of feedback received

We received 39 responses to this consultation.

Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on the conclusions and recommendations on criteria and potentially feasible locations for a UK spaceport.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

Consultation seeking views on the 8 potential locations identified as a commercial sub-orbital spaceflight spaceport and the:

  • key operational
  • safety
  • meteorological
  • environmental
  • economic

criteria used by the Civil Aviation Authority in selection.

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Updates to this page

Published 15 July 2014
Last updated 3 March 2015 show all updates

  1. Added responses received to the consultation and the government's decision document.

  2. First published.

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