Can The New Scottish Rocket Companies Make It To Space?
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2020
- Scotland has just approved the development of a vertical launch facility in Sutherland on the north coast, and there are 2 companies based in Scotland currently developing launch vehicles.
Orbex is developing an 18 ton launcher with 225kg payload, Fueled by LOX & Propane
Skyrora have plans for a 55 ton vehicle with 315kg payload, burning Hydrogen peroxide & Kerosene.
There's a good chance we'll see some launches in 2021, and possibly commercia payloads in 2022. - Наука та технологія
The two words that spring to mind when I imagine a Scottish spaceport are "weather" and "window"
Everyone liked that
"Four seasons in one day", sure there will be untold launch windows!
The weather up north is far better than you would think (less Mountains)
@@LoremIpsum1970 That's why they develop solid fuel rockets, with TWR high enough they'll be able to fit the launch in the 40-second launch window.
I was thinking "caber" and "toss."
Isn't it ironic that well are launching a rocket from Scotland for a sun synchronous orbit. I hope the rocket finds the sun better than we do in Scotland.
Palm trees grow on the West Coast of Scotland. Not a lot of people know that...
@@thePronto that's due to the warm water from the gulf stream producing a local climate where you rarely get frost's, not the amount (or not!) of sunshine.
@@thePronto I think your mistaken Campbeltown for Campbellton(Texas).lol
You could launch southward from Dumpfries for geostationary. Apart from some fish in the Channel there aren't any intelligent lifeforms under the first 650 km.
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I didnt know you had a whole country named after you thats insane
Also a province in Canada and an asteroid (btw the asteroid is for real)
Wait he has a province in Canada named after him!?! I knew about the asteroid but a place on Earth is much more substantial not just a little dot millions of miles away
Started down comments knowing this was going to be hear.
@@dakota4766 here....
he has a gender named after him too
"You can't drop second stages on cities."
Ridiculous restriction. It's like they want to strangle the space programme in its infancy! I can think of at least half-a-dozen cities that would be improved by a random donation of second-hand cutting edge rocket technology at high velocity.
Better not fall in my car
@FBI wait what
ON May 5, the core section of a Long March 5B fell out of the sky and missed New York City by 15 minutes.
@@HalSchirmer And 15 minutes at orbital velocity is what, 10 thousand kilometers?
@@HalSchirmer Pity
Will any of these UK firms be sending a Reliant Robin into orbit?
There is unfinished business in this department...
Perhaps..a Hillman Imp...it was made in Linwood
😜🤣🤣🤣
It’s in the works, the radio will play The Wombles.
First orbital traffic collision: the Reliant Robin shunts Elon's space Tesla. Much awkward tutting and exchanging of insurance details ensued.
It would roll on its side all the way to the saturn wormhole
It's it an EV?
Na...
Nobody ever had a more descriptive name than "Scott Manley"
A Scottish Man
I thought only Irish Spring was manly...
Only Harry Ballsack can give him a run for his money
A Scot with a manly Scottish accent;).
Scott Manley is a manly Scot.
Personally, I just love the fact that "Fly Safe" was included in KSP 2.
"A Hank Hill from Texas is on the line."
It will be the cleanest burning rocket, ill tell you whut
Hank sells propane, but this company already excels in propane accessories
nuthin like the clean taste of propane.
*wife and daughter scarfs charcoal burgers*
Hey i have an interesting channel about space science and mysteries if ur curious about it do visit my channel once pls 🙏 🙏
Hear me out
Propane powered Raptor
If it doesn't make bagpipe noises on the way up I'm not interested.
Like the horns on certain dive bombers?
I love the pipes! Make it so!!
Monty Python comes to mind.
Hmm, a rocket engine with drones on the side...
This legitimately made me laugh. Good job.
It's always good to hear about Scottish progress 😁👍
Hell yes it is! 🏴
@@MrRyanMcCall 🏴
From afar?
If it flies it's British, if it crashes it's Scottish.
Fax
thats the plan
Scotland is in Britain
@@Jamesdavey358 Maybe it'll crash into the joke flying over your head
@@kwlkid85 oh, im an idiot 🤦♂️
And of course there is that famous Scottish engineer from the 23rd Century.
He's always either ''beaming folk up or shouting ''the engines canny take it 'Captain''
Famously invented transparent aluminium and trans warp beaming
@@gwal93 You mean I take it, Hexagonal Scalenohedral Al2 O3 (in repeating units). They already use it for lenses of infra-red night vision equipment etc.
@@gwal93 You mean I take it, Hexagonal Scalenohedral Al2 O3 (in repeating units). They already use it for lenses of infra-red night vision equipment etc.
@@Nuts-Bolts Corundum ?
They'll need to stop the locals from drinking the rocket fuel.
You also learned about the V2 development?
That's why we used isopropanol for the Ez-Rocket- go blind if you drink it. That lowered the vapor pressure immensely.
Nah its great about ta get foutered
"Can't drop stages on cities."
Health and safety gone mad!
"... I'm (a) Scott ... As you might have heard ..." Ah dinnae ken.
Okay, I was dubious about the Sutherland Spaceport, but having had the benefits explained, I'm now a fan.
It will certainly bring much needed investment to the far north. My only trepidation is the transport links up there. One would think we would need better roads, and possibly a rail link. Back in the 1980s there were plans to build a branch from the Far North Inverness-Wick/Thurso railway line to Dounreay. Perhaps these plans could be resurrected and adapted for the spaceport.
By the way, in the history you failed to mention the proposed rocket mail from the Isle of Scarp to the Isle of Harris in 1934, which would have been a damned fine idea - had the first rocket not exploded shortly after take off. Apparently the "Western Isles Rocket Post" postage stamps are today extremely valuable.
As a child of the 60s, I was filled with awe and wonder by the first space race. That excitement has never left me, and I am so proud my country is playing a part in the second one.
Great video and let's see the Saltire in Space soon!
One that Scott might know the answer to.
Was anywhere in the UK ever proposed as a launch site for the tests of the Blue Streak missile in the 1950s which went on to serve as the first stage for Europe's ELDO launcher? It was ground-tested at Spadeadam in Cumbria and eventually flown from Woomera, but did the government ever look at firing one closer to home?
Scotland! You can do it. This puts a huge smile of my face. 😀 Scotland to space! Awesome!
Thanks cousin...😁
and the english think the scots arent going to separate lol english need to get a grip
@@5000mahmud
When it went to a vote...Scotland said NO separation
5000mahmud The “let’s bring up independence in every Scottish story” thing is exhausting and off-putting.
Hope you’re looking forward to Scotland either using GBP (which requires buying reserves of foreign cash and a surplus we don’t have) or our own currency (which will create friction between us and our largest trading partner - rUK).
And, of course, the fact we won’t be joining the EU. Because to join the EU now you have to adopt the Euro and have a budget deficit of less than 3%. We’ve been at 7% or higher for years.
The only reason the SNP win is Sturgeon (a good orator). If she was replaced by a less confident person (or the Scottish media was as effective at scrutiny as Andrew Neil) who had to tout SNP policy they would lose by a landslide.
In terms of policy: Education, health, the economy, defence the SNP are typical left-wing, nationalist authoritarians.
You, as an Indy supporter, were pretty much handed a referendum win on a platter in 2014. Scots-bourne and living in rUK at time of vote (can’t vote - but would be made citizens under SNP white paper?). 16+ given the vote. EU citizens given the vote who are more pro-Indy. And a Yes/No question making Yes seem more positive. And you lost.
If Indy Ref 2 ever happens, it’ll be a fairer affair. Scots borne voters (who would be citizens in Indy Scotland) given the vote (700K in rUK). Leave/Remain not Yes/No.
Drop nationalism. We are one country with shared history, family, defence, money, business. And I think, in the end, when the old arguments re-emerge that lost last time around (currency/pensions etc.), when the general population realise EU membership isn’t a given, it’ll lose again.
Then, the end of Sturgeon, paving the way for the annihilation at the ballot box of the SNP, with no effective replacement.
@@ChristophersMum That's because Scotland wanted to remain in the EU.
There is proud history of Scottish engineering Scott. From Thomas Telford to Scotty of The Enterprise, not forgetting the greatest of all, Dan Macphail, of The Vital Spark. How the hell did he keep that Clyde puffer going!
Chust sublime!
Impressed on the number of people actually moving on the Space Ventures. Things are being accomplished at grand rate.
How Scottish to name a place on the far northern coast, "Sutherland."
Thank you for saving me having to make exactly that comment, really surprised how far I had to scroll for it though :P
I think a group of people from farther north named it...
Like the peninsula that is the southern most part of Britain...aka 'the West Country'...
@@thePronto In that instance it is also the Westernmost region of Great Britain..
Probably named by the vikings who had to travel south to get there.
With my mom being of Scottish descent and my dad being from Denmark, this fills me with a weird sense of pride. :D
Denmark can into space?
@@erecorar Haha! That's amazing!
@@ingusmant Kurwa, poland can into space.
2:45
Never thought the back of my head would be in one of your videos! Always wondered what happened to that footage! That's made my week, thanks Scott!
Scotland is a great country full of innovative folk. Go Scotland.
When we become independent the world will see who the inventive country is. Spoiler England steals inventions and claim it as theirs for Money
@@keirandunwoodie8138 You are correct but Scotland needs to focus on 22nd century technology now in it's infancy like 3D printing, artificial intelligence, rockets and 7D Holographic technology. Scottish folk can see the future and turn it into reality. I met millionaire Campbells in USA who had great businesses.
2:10 That moonspike logo looks like a tremendously sad dying moon punching the Earth.
Cannot unsee.
My parents still have the pool table on which I was conceived, born and educated.
Does it still have the stains?
@@somerandomnification aye.
@@michaelblaszkiewicz7283 I would like to retract my question now. :)
Groundskeeper Willie is my favorite Scot.
Great video, Scott. I did a video on Orbex a week or two ago but yours has more technical info than I could find lol.
Great stuff!
It's an exciting time to be in the UK and a fan of space 😁
That Sutherland launch facility is perfect for polar and near polar orbits. In fact, it look better suited to reach those orbits than launch sites nearer to the equator : there is much less need to compensate for the initial velocity.
That's the market they are aiming for.
Super excited for the uk to start launching orbital rockets. Maybe i could see a launch one day.
A propane rocket, Hank Hill would have a tear in his eye, saying "That's goddang beautiful"
Don't you mean gosh dang beautiful? ;p
Sorry. That was uncalled for. XD
A good single malt whisky plus haggis as a catalyst - Real Scottish rocket fuel.
And a bottle of buckfast to aid the attitude adjustments.
Along with a good swig of ''Irn Bru''
@@andybrown4284 Yeah. That’ll really make a rocket fly - off the handle!
Nope, Buckfast ye basa
Stuffed haggis make good solid rocket fuel.
I’m still waiting for “I’m Scott Manley; stay home” lol
Hey Scott, any chance we can get another update on ARCA scam uhhhhh I mean ARCA space?
Ow yes please, I keep following them to actually see where this is going but an expert eye on this would be appreciated
Hearing about the peroxide definitely reminded me of them. Was wondering the same thing!
They are still around?
ingusmant Of course, they even intensified the uploading schedule with shorter videos but a truck ton of them
i don t think Arca Space is a scam because they almost have zero funding, they re like a scientist lab more than a company that tries to sell a product. Scott Manley was not as harsh with these scottish companies than with Arca ^^
Hello from Ukraine💙💛
Looking forward to the day we can watch launches in the UK.
Might go to Virgin Cornwall, for a launch. Orbex - Sea mist
Just an FYI... When I have run out of content to to watch you are one of the people I loop back to. Thank you!
It’s great to hear about non-world superpowers like Scotland make advancements in the space industry. I can’t wait for more countries to follow.
Scotland is a superpower of the non-world?
@Arbiter Lite Probably not for much longer...
Marti R. Y’all are real funny no?
Jesus Scott I'm still in shock we got green light on this, I've not had time to put anything together. You been waiting champing the bit aintchya? LOL
Don't worry. They will find some A-listed ruines 50 miles from the spaceport,and say those launches are spoiling the experience of seing them.
@@jur4x 🤣 dinny say such things!
Another great video. Thanks Scott you rock. :)
Very interesting, Scott. I live close to Cornwall's Spaceport so it's great to hear how Sutherland's venture is going.
Can't they just find a manly Scot to toss a rocket like they would with a caber?
How was the first orbital ring created? Two orbiting Scotmen fighting over a penny.
Yay, might actually go see one of these, it's only a wee drive away.
Only 700, 800 miles from my end
It would be great to see Scotland become a space-faring nation. This American giving 2 thumbs up!
Well...,I absolutely knew you were scottish,however I never did not know that you hailed from scotland.
Wonderful channel and great character,so informative,and always right on point.
I have just one question for you Scott. Will the spacesuits of the new Scottish space program be in tartan?
Surely that'd be compulsory? O.o
Yeah, we really love those stereotypes...
And have kilts?
Scotland home of my ancestors and birthplace of engineering!
Yeah I got that book! About time you covered this Scott!
I worked at orbex as an intern last summer! Great team there and I can attest they're working very, very hard.
3:04 propane fueled rocket wow would hank hill be proud
Skyrora did a static fire test earlier this year with no mention on the news whatsoever.
Launching soon around Q2 2021
@@snipercristo Ta. I'll look out for that! :)
You said it ........Europe and all its crasy expensive regulations.
Make us dream Scotland.cheers from france 👋
I took much joy at walking past Skyrora office on Princes Street in Edinburgh, with the Skylark models in the entrance... then they disappeared around the same time as the launch of Nano and it dawned on me that really was how small it was :-)
I was watching a Scott Manley video when I got a notification about the new Scott Manley video
It looks like a retaliation weapon being hidden in a semi trailer
don't give ideas to the ira
prikasky yeah! Greenland better watch out! Lol
Hi from Edinburgh!!
Just found your channel, and I had no idea about Orbex, or Alba Oribital :D
Another well done and informative presentation. Thank you.
They've missed a trick not naming it after Rabbie Burns
Already done on Isle of Wight, Scratchells Bay rocket research centre a great shame it was closed down in 1971 :-(
Isle of ..
Wight...
I would love to watch a video on the Swedish space scene! Mostly because I am Swedish surly, but the country has its own spaceport and a rich history of aerospace engineering. Of course you might not have omnipotent space knowledge or be interested enough, but alas my request stand. Great video as always!
As a graphic designer I normally frown on logos that features dot-com-era swoops. But that Orbex logo is actually pretty clever.
What's the wind like in Scotland? Sideways
No no. Allways
Just have to wait for a window in the jet stream! :/
Uh … on the ground, wind is _always_ sideways …
I'm very jealous of your Saturn V umbilical tower....
Scott always has the most interesting and unheard of stuff. Most of my Twitter new follows are based on something I saw on Scott's videos (including this one).
Skyroot Aerospace - Vikram Launch Vehicle
Agnikul Cosmos - Agnibaan Launch Vehicle
Bellatrix Aerospace - Chetak & Garuda Launch Vehicle...
These are all Indian start ups building small satellite launch vehicles.....and the first two will have their first flight in 2021-22
Hmm.... Not sure how many tanks of Irn-Bru that's going to require.....
Especially now with the sugar-reduced sweetener piss they sell these days.
If only they could be fabricated from recycled irn bru cans
@@Anvilshock Still devastated about the recipe change. Greedy Barr wanting to save money by not paying the sugar tax.... 😠😡
@@Darth_Revan25 I still have about sixteen cans from before the change. Expired Nov 18. (Says the can. I have my doubts it actually expires.) I only open one on very special occasions.
Scott: "Most of Europe is just cities."
Me: looks out the window at some cattle a lake and a lot of trees
Great content, thanks Scott! 🍻
I really love that book, bought it last year for fun during my boredom in college. Super informative and a lovely read
My instant thought after reading the title....well if Scott's in charge, spaceX might have a true challenger!
Yeah
No update on the air leak from the US segment of ISS, huh.
*shrug* A caulk gun and a sheet of plastic can fix an air leak on a spaceship. Movies always exaggerate air leaks on spaceships to make them seem more urgent than they really are. Having air trickling out of a spaceship is like having water trickling into a sea ship -- it's expected and easy to compensate for.
It's probably considered too minor. However since you've mentioned it and are curious, Scott should include it in a video
Those coaxial tanks sound like a genius idea!
Hope they succeed. Bring it on Scotland 🏴👍🏻🍺
Launch sucess: Britain's Skyrora
Launch Failure: Scotland's Skyrora
I thought those Scotts called those rockets self throwing kabers
My wife was born in Scotland and I am always happy to hear good news from there.
7:30 Wow that 2nd stage is quick!
The thing I took away from this is if you burn enough plastic fast enough..you go to space.
yeap, thats the entire idea about hyrbid rockets, which is a big meme in rocket propulsion IMO.
Thumbs up for "How the Scots Invented the Modern World"!
Rumour has it that copper wire was invented by 2 Scots fighting over a penny (a cent)
Umm The bike, Tarmac, telephone, and television Hmm yep earth shattering
I hope it all comes to fruition as i'd love to see a rocket launch
maxwell the guy that basically worked on everything and had a hand in everything
Hey Scott, where did you get the lego tower for your Saturn V?
I am wondering the same thing. Would love one.
Denmark in the space race 😁🇩🇰 - Would like to work there 🤔
I wish the Scots all the luck! Cheers from the US!
As someone of Scottish descent, I am thrilled to hear about this and the book.... will have to check it out.
new company should put effort on reusable rockets to be sustainable in long run
Woohoo! Highlanders reach for the highest ground: space!
thank you scott manley!
your content is the stuff!
I really like the fuel and design choices Orbex has made, so I've been rooting for them for a while now.
They should choose a naming system for their rockets after Sean Connery characters
I mean, if they put together a rocket with 8 boosters, it'll be Octopushy...
@@tehbonehead it was a reference to Scott's interstellar quest series, where he had Sean Kerman and so he named all his space planes after Sean Connery characters
@@glenns7252 Yes, I recall that... I just wanted to say Octopussy with a Sean Connery accent...
Or perhaps Iain M. Banks characters. But then, Elon is already doing that with his drone ships.
Or perhaps named after characters in father Ted show
The real reason the UK hasn't had a domestic rocket-launch program for decades is because rocket launches are too exciting.
And our Government is always full of incompetent idiots(Lab or Con) who cancelled our own program only to pay twice as much to the US to launch payloads to space.
I’m not really a fan of privatisation but I have to say, private companies are Kicking the U.K. governments arse when it comes to space investment.
@@danielfield2570: That's because the UK government _doesn't care_ about space launches. If they cared about space launches they'd be doing a lot more than they currently are, and they'd be a lot better at it. The only reason the USA has such a big government-managed space launch program is to help use excess manufacturing and intellectual capacity from our enormous ICBM and recon satellite industries during the Cold War -- a capacity we continue to maintain on behalf of everyone else in NATO. For almost every nation on earth beside the USA, Russia, and China, having a space-launch capability greater than 1-2 satellites per year is nothing more than a prestige project, and is difficult to justify spending taxpayer dollars on.
@@deusexaethera I agree its a hard thing to justify, but long term, its definitely beneficial for an economy, providing high tech jobs and new areas for research.
I mean France invested heavily into rocket manufaturing and now theyre the dominant force for EU nations in that area. I sorta see a space program as more of an infrastructure investment
I always wonder, and never could figure out through google alone: Do these modern rockets still use mechanical gyroscopes, or are those things not used anymore.
I know that for MEMS inertial sensors certain restrictions apply to the precision and drift of commercially available sensors, but does that actually mean that the more precise ones can actually be used for rocket guidance.
I am sure that it would be possible even with freely available ones to get to orbit, but i wonder if these things have enough precision and accuracy for things like the centaur or interplanetary missions.
Wait... you're not from Southern California?!?
Being able to launch to a polar and/or sun synchronous orbit for cheaper would be awesome. I hope Sutherland is able to come online and host launches in the very near future.
Scott doing a video on "Scotts".
lol
''Scots''
If you don't call it the "Bonnie wee launch vehicle" I will be most disappointed.
New *British* companies.
Also are you gunna talk about the Cornwall space port? Love to see a vid on that 🇬🇧🚀
Those are some really light payload sizes. Going to be difficult for small rockets like those to compete with large launch vehicles that can sell small amounts of payload space to secondary payloads, or carry dozens of small spacecraft at once.
They are aiming for polar orbits and smaller satellites.
Think you could argue that Orbex is 1/2 Danish and Skyrora is 1/2 Ukrainian :)
I know the folks at Yuzhnoye are on top of their game, as far as rocket science and engineering goes... if other Ukrainian aerospace firms are similar, then Skyrora has very strong partners.
I'm not sure about Danish rocket engineering, but at least they don't have a bad reputation... we shall see, when the flight tests actually happen!
@@Wordsmiths Ukraine has the Antonov airplane factory, while Denmark has the Terma avionics company, Both countries also had some notorious rocket hillbillies that got women etc. killed in this century.
EVERYTHING WAS MADE IN SCOTLAND
Ummm
That Saturn V/Gantry Tower model is freaking awesome!!!
They fuel their rockets with scotch ^^
"Beam me up. Scotty!"