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#Germany 🇩🇪 , #Italy 🇮🇹 , and the #UnitedKingdom 🇬🇧 (which is a member of the #ESA but not the #European Union) have started #microlaunch #companies that are building #rockets capable of lifting several hundred kilograms to #LEO.
These companies, including #IsarAerospace, #RocketFactory #Augsburg (#RFA), and #HyImpulse in Germany, #PLD Space in #Spain 🇪🇸 , and #Orbex and #Skyrora in #Britain, operate much more like the #US 🇺🇸 #commercial #space industry https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/france-seeks-to-build-reusable-rocket-make-up-for-bad-choices-in-the-past

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