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The Dutch aren’t settling this time, but launching into space

04 July 2019 - 08:00 By Dave Chambers
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Stratos IV is expected to blast off from the Western Cape in August 2020.
Stratos IV is expected to blast off from the Western Cape in August 2020.
Image: Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering

The first Dutch rocket in space will get there via SA.

If next year’s launch from the Western Cape goes according to plan, the rocket will be the first built by students to reach space.

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