Published by The BBC, 18 December 2023 A site in the Shetland Islands has become the UK's first spaceport for vertical rocket launches. SaxaVord Spaceport on the small island of Unst has been given approval from the Civil Aviation Authority to begin launches in 2024. It will be the first
By Hans J. Marter, Published by Shetland News, 17 December 2023 Construction work on site at Lamba Ness to re-start by the middle of January, spaceport confirms SAXAVORD has become the UK’s first licensed spaceport for vertical rocket launches into orbit. The long-awaited licence was granted to SaxaVord Spaceport by
By Seth Kurkowski, Published by Space Explored, 13 December 2023 SpaceX plans to launch about 50 rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base in 2024 with a chance of 100 launches in the year 2025. This comes to a spaceport that has historically seem launches in the single digits. Now, it
An artist's impression of SaxaVord rocket launch By Laura Goodwin, Published by the BBC, 13 December 2023 The UK Space Agency has announced funding of more than £6.7m to further Scotland's spaceports ambitions. Scottish-based HyImpulse, a launch company working with SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland, will receive £3.4m. And Orbex, which
The Zhuque-2 Y-3 carrier rocket, a methane-liquid oxygen rocket by Chinese company LandSpace, carrying satellites takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in Gansu province, China December 9, 2023. (Reuters) By Roxanne Liu, Ella Cao and Ryan Woo, Edited by Josie Kao, Grant McCool and William Mallard, Published by Reuters,
By Andrew Parkinson, Published by European Spaceflight, 16 November 2023 Shetland Space Centre Limited owes approximately one million pounds to Shetland-based DITT Construction for the development of SaxaVord spaceport, two sources told European Spaceflight. The company currently does not have the funds to pay the amount after a £139 million
Image from SaxaVord Spaceport By Andrew Parsonson, Published by European Spaceflight, 16 November 2023 Shetland Space Centre Limited owes approximately one million pounds to Shetland-based DITT Construction for the development of SaxaVord spaceport, two sources told European Spaceflight. The company currently does not have the funds to pay the amount
Published by the BBC, 15 November 2023 The timetable for what could be the first rocket launch from Shetland's SaxaVord spaceport has been set out. German rocket firm Hylmpulse will attempt sub-orbital launches - flights that are not fast enough to stay in outer space - from August 2024. Full
