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New environmental guidance boosts support for UK spaceports and launch operators

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UK Spaceports & Launch Operators: Industry good practice guidance for the assessment of environmental effects

This document provides good practice guidance on how to undertake and report an assessment of environmental effects (AEE). It presents a framework that supports a proportionate approach to AEEs and sets out recommended approaches based on industry experts’ and environmental practitioners’ experience to date.

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ISEP release new environmental guidance to support UK spaceport and launch operators

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