Aurora Planning Limited is delighted to have this month obtained planning permission for a £84.7million state of the art satellite manufacturing, operations, and research and development facility at the Prestwick International Aerospace Park for Mangata Networks; a development which has been welcomed by both Scottish and UK Governments and hailed by Scottish Enterprise as “a real game changer in helping unlock economic opportunities in the global commercial space sector”, not just for Ayrshire but for Scotland as a whole. In particular, it is anticipated that the facility will generate up to 575 new high-quality jobs over the next few years, in addition to being a catalyst for a new supply chain and, ultimately, providing high-speed internet services that will connect any community anywhere on Earth, thus removing barriers and inequalities for those without adequate internet access.
This comes at an exciting time for the Scottish space industry in general, with it having been announced earlier in the month that construction has begun at Sutherland Spaceport (for which Aurora Planning obtained planning permission in August 2020) – the first vertical launch spaceport to be built on the UK mainland!
Progress on these developments is particularly rewarding for Aurora Planning, who announced a new focus on emerging technology related developments earlier this year, with these two projects being testament to what can be achieved.