SaxaVord spaceport with a completed launch stool visible. Photo: SaxaVord Spaceport By Curtis Baines, Published by Orbital Today, 27 February 2025 SaxaVord Spaceport is fast becoming a hot commodity for future launches. Space companies are queuing to use the Scottish launch site including the likes of RFA and Orbex. However,
Rocket Factory Augsburg plans to launch from SaxaVord Spaceport this year: image: Shetland Times Published by The Shetland Times, 21 February 2025 Danish billionaire Anders Povlsen has increased his stake in Shetland Space Centre via his company, Wild Ventures Ltd, which now owns more than half of its shares. New
An RS1 rocket from ABL Space Systems set up on a launch pad at the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska. (ABL Space Systems) By Davis Hovey, Published by KMXT, Kodiak, Alaska, 18 February 2025 The Alaska Aerospace Corporation is suing an aviation insurance group for the roughly $3 million it spent cleaning
Artist's impression of an RFA rocket in flight. Image credit: RFA Published by BBC News, 5 February 2025 The UK's new spaceport in Shetland will be ready for satellite launches by July, MPs have been told. A number of companies plan to use SaxaVord Spaceport in Unst, the northernmost point
Rocket Lab Electron launch. Credit: Rocket Lab By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 3 February 2025 Rocket Lab delayed the launch of the IOT 4 You and Me mission in order to ensure 'it's safe to merge onto the space highway.' Rocket Lab is set to launch five "Internet of
Dorothy Pritchard, chair of Melness Crofters Estate. Picture: John Devlin. By Alison Campsie, Published by The Scotsman, 24 January 2025 AHighland community said it has been left “very deflated” after a rocket firm confirmed no launches would be made at the Sutherland Spaceport until 2028 at the earliest. Orbex made the sudden
AI Image By Seth Kurkowski, Published by Space Explored, 18 January 2025 Utah might open a study to see if the state should open its own spaceport, a rather interesting idea given the state has no open oceans on either side of itself but does host a large number of aerospace professionals.
An image of how a RFA launch could look. By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 16 January 2025 WASHINGTON — German launch vehicle startup Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has received a license from British regulators to carry out its first orbital launch from a spaceport in the Shetland Islands
