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# Scottish public agency HIE buys collapsed Orbex's Sutherland Spaceport assets
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-08-25-hie-acquires-sutherland-spaceport-assets/
- Published: 2026-08-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-02T09:20:25.000Z
- Description: Highlands and Islands Enterprise, a Scottish public development agency, bought the assets of Sutherland Spaceport Ltd from liquidators after parent company Orbex collapsed into administration, leaving the launch site's future use undecided.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified

Verified [Highlands and Islands Enterprise news release, 25 August 2026](http://www.hie.co.uk/news-and-blogs/news/2026/august/25/hie-acquires-assets-of-sutherland-spaceport-ltd/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish whether the site will ever host a rocket launch or who might operate it next.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. European (Scottish) buyer replaces European (UK) seller; no pillar shift; future use undecided. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)