Rocket engine explodes during test at Scottish spaceport

A rocket engine exploded in flames during a test at the SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland on Monday (August 19), which last year became Britain's first licensed vertical rocket launch site.

The site had been evacuated prior to the test and no one was injured, SaxaVord and its German partner, Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), said in separate statements.
RFA said it was trying to gather information to resolve what happened following an "anomaly" during the test, one of a number of trials in the run-up to a launch.
The launch pad had been "saved and is secured," it added.

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