The Nuri rocket, built by the government s Korea Aerospace Research Institute together with hundreds of local companies, blasted off at 16:00 local time (08:00 BST) on Tuesday.
The new declaration "lays the foundation for rockets, high-altitude balloons and spaceplanes to lift off from spaceports across the UK very soon," the British government said in a statement.
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Deadline Looming For Artists Involved In Quay Arts’ Open Exhibition FREEDOM
By Iona Stewart-Richardson
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Every two years, Quay Arts invites emerging and established artists from across the UK to submit works in any medium to be a part of a themed Open Exhibition.
It is through these Open Exhibitions new talent is discovered and it provides a platform for visual artists that wish to share their work with the world.
With the title and theme ‘Freedom’, the team is looking for works exploring ideas centred around current freedoms or lack of.