Watch as Scots rocket firm perform first UK test in 50 years

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Scotland’s space programme has been given a boost - with the first complete UK ground rocket test in half a century. Edinburgh -based boffins at start-up Skyrora built a mobile launch pad and carried out a full static fire test in Ross-shire in only five days.

The Skylark L rocket could be ready to launch from a UK spaceport as early as next spring as the firm aims to tap into the burgeoning small satellite market.Skyrora's chief executive officer, Volodymyr Levykin said: "This was a mammoth effort in very trying circumstances, so it is quite an achievement to be proud of.”The successful test at Kildermorie Estate earlier this month was the first of its kind in the UK since the Black Arrow Programme 50 years ago.Skyrora's launch vehicle,