The department has been consulted by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on an application for a marine licence under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. This has been submitted by the German Offshore Spaceport Alliance (GOSA) concerning a single campaign, including the launch of four unguided suborbital rockets from an offshore barge set at the North-Western edge of the German EEZ.
The rockets will land and be retrieved within the UK maritime area. There are no environmental concerns related to the operation. However, this alert is to draw the application to operators attention if it may affect operations.
Source: OPRED.