S8 Ep1125: Preview for Later Today: Bob Zimmerman updates the status of the SaxaVord Spaceport launch window for the German rocket RFA One. Despite the announcement, he questions if the UK's permanent civil service will actually permit this sovereign orbital attempt
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🗓️ 13 July 2026
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Preview for Later Today: Bob Zimmerman updates the status of the SaxaVord Spaceport launch window for the German rocket RFA One. Despite the announcement, he questions if the UK's permanent civil service will actually permit this sovereign orbital attempt.
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batchel. Long time Bob Zimmerman, my colleague from Behind the Black, been watching the inability of Britain to launch a rocket from a spaceport, the inability of Great Britain to approve a spaceport. |
| 0:15.6 | We have another attempt coming up at a spaceport called Saxo Board. Will it happen? |
| 0:20.9 | Bob asks. |
| 0:22.6 | And he has an opinion. |
| 0:25.4 | Will United Kingdom's permanent civil service permit the 21st century launch of a booster |
| 0:32.2 | from its sovereign space? |
| 0:35.1 | Unknown. |
| 0:35.9 | Here's Bob. |
| 0:37.0 | All right. |
| 0:37.4 | So they have finally announced an approved launch window for the German |
| 0:41.4 | rocket startup factory, Rocket Factory Augsburg to launch its rocket RFA 1. |
| 0:47.1 | And sometime beginning August 10th, there's a window of about five weeks. |
| 0:51.7 | And so we might finally see a launch from the UK, John. But until it happens, |
| 0:56.9 | I'm from Missouri. We'll wait and see. |
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