SaxaVord spaceport with a completed launch stool visible. Photo: SaxaVord Spaceport By Christina O'NeillPublished by STV News, 29 May 2024 The UK’s first vertical rocket launch spaceport is set to formally open in the Shetland Islands. SaxaVord Spaceport, occupying a former military station on the Lamba Ness Peninsula of Unst,
Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous Earth orbit satellite on an Atlas V launch vehicle from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL, in May 2021. By Courtney Albon, Published by Defense News, 14 May 2024 As U.S. launch rates surge at the Defense Department’s two
Image Credit: Perigee Aerospace By Andrew Parsonson, Published by European Spaceflight, 7 May 2024 South Korea’s Perigee Aerospace has signed a collaborative agreement with the Swedish Space Corporation to launch its Blue Whale 1 rocket from Esrange Space Center in Sweden. Esrange was built by the European Space Research Organisation
By Thomas Moore, Published by Sky News, 26 April 2024 The spaceport, which is on the northern tip of the Shetland Islands, hopes to launch rockets vertically into orbit from British soil. A spaceport that hopes to launch the first rockets vertically into orbit from British soil has been given
Render of a small launch vehicle launching from SaxaVord Spaceport - via Shetland Flyer Aerial Media Published by Shetland News, 25 April 2024 SAXAVORD has become Western Europe’s only fully licenced vertical launch spaceport after having been granted a range control licence by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). A
HyImpulse has been carrying out propulsion tests at the former Scatsta Airport for a number of years. Photo: HyImpulse By Chris Cope, Published by Shetland News, 2 April 2024 A ROCKET company has been given a marine licence to deposit debris in the sea during launches from the SaxaVord Spaceport
ABL Space System's RS1 rocket launches on its debut mission from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska on Jan. 10, 2023. RS1 suffered an anomaly and failed to reach orbit. (Image credit: ABL Space Systems via Twitter) By Davis Hovey, Published by KMXT, 27 March 2024 A retired U.S. Air
Image: Starship flies off the launch pad during IFT-3. (Source: Elon Musk /Twitter (X)) By Oliver Holmes, Published by The Guardian, 14 March 2024 Spacecraft’s cruise vessel flew around globe for first time, but lost contact in final stages before planned splashdown SpaceX’s Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket
