Izaakian Valkyrie Mountbatten today announced the new cabinet office of Space Minister. The first incumbent will be Alexandria Estrella the former ambassador to eareamland. She expressed her excitement at the new roll and opportunities of space exploration for business and science.
The Izaakian Space Agency has confirmed 2 launch sites. Firstly the reopening of Fort Cosmos in Izaakia after 10 months of closure. Secondly a new site in La Montagne at the abandoned former airforce base to be called Cape Montacia Spaceport, this site was chosen due to its coastal position, great connections by road, rail, air and sea and it’s great infrastructure, being almost space site ready.
The research and development stage for the rockets has been promising, with testing scheduled to begin by Saturnalia. The innovative Micro rockets are expected to be low cost and carry a small payload capable of carrying the micro satellites under development for cosmosnet which are a compact 1m cube.