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Starchaser Industries

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Starchaser Industries is a privately owned space tourism company based in the United Kingdom, formed in 1992, that has designed and built several prototype rocket systems for space tourism vehicles. Its rocket Nova 1 launched in 2001 from Morecambe Bay and holds the UK record for the biggest successful rocket launch fired from the British mainland. Starchaser also operates an educational outreach programme explaining the physics and chemistry behind rocket building.

Facts
Agency Type
Privately owned space tourism company based in the United Kingdom, developing prototype rocket systems for space tourism vehicles 1
Founded Year
1992 1
Headquarters
Hyde, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom 1
Head
Steve Bennett, Chief Executive Officer and founder 1
Open Questions
Annual Budget
Not disclosed
Private company; no public annual budget figure is given in the Wikipedia article consulted. A bookkeeper was found in 2014 to have defrauded the company of GBP 167,000 through forged supplier payments.
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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  • Starchaser Industries Wikipedia article, lead paragraph
    Starchaser Industries is a privately owned space tourism company based in the UK. Formed in 1992, the company designed and built several prototype rocket systems for space tourism vehicles.
  • Starchaser Industries Wikipedia article, lead paragraph, first sentence
    Starchaser Industries is a privately owned space tourism company based in the UK. Formed in 1992, the company designed and built several prototype rocket systems for space tourism vehicles.
  • Starchaser Industries Wikipedia article, History section
    It moved to new premises in Hyde in January 2001.
  • Starchaser Industries Wikipedia article, Video clips section
    StarChaser Industries (In 2016) CEO, Steve Bennet, said:
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