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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44841123

>The A'Mhoine Peninsula in Sutherland has been chosen as the most suitable place from which to launch rockets vertically to put satellites in orbit.

>The UK Space Agency is giving Highlands and Islands Enterprise £2.5m towards the development of the facility.

I'm so confused. Britain, you have like 20% of the world in the commonwealth, why would you build a spaceport so far north? You're expending more energy than you would building closer to the equator.

Explain please

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