SaxaVord, a rocket base in the Shetland Islands, still hopes to launch multiple orbital and suborbital missions in 2025 Credit: SaxaVord By Hans J Marter, Published by Shetland News, 13 May 2025 THE CHAIR of an influential parliament committee has praised the entrepreneurial drive of the team behind the SaxaVord
By Billy Briggs, Published by the Ferret, 8 May 2025 The latest frontier of Scotland’s industry may well be space, with significant investment being made in this emerging sector. As part of our Who Runs Scotland series, we’ve been looking at this burgeoning industry and some of the organisations and
Artist's render of ClearSpace-1 Active Debris Removal mission capturing a defunct satellite in low-Earth orbit. Credit: ClearSpace/YouTube By Debra Werner, Published by Space News, 7 May 2025 PUAKO, Hawaii — ClearSpace completed the second phase of the UK Space Agency’s Active Debris Removal (ADR) mission, by testing and refining technology
Render of a small launch vehicle launching from SaxaVord Spaceport - via Shetland Flyer Aerial Media By Susan Walton, Published by Geopolitical Monitor, 4 May 2025 President Trump wants to buy Greenland, “an absolute necessity” for US national and economic security. Yes, partly due to its abundance of rare earths
Cllr Louis Gardner pictured in front of the failed LauncherOne rocket at Newquay's Spaceport while he was cabinet member for the economy (Pic from Cornwall Council video) By Lee Trewhela, Published by The Packet, 30 April 2025 Cornwall Council has withdrawn £200,000 government funding to the Spaceport at Newquay airport
By Sophie Church, Published by Politics Home, 21 April 2025 To the anguish of the space industry, the UK is the only country to have successfully developed, and then abandoned, a satellite launch capability. That was over 50 years ago. But with the nature of conflict evolving, nowadays government is taking space
The Radiofrequency Directed Energy Weapon being trialled by the British Army could prove to be a huge asset on a future battlefield (Picture: MOD) Published by Forces News, 17 April 2025 Soldiers have successfully taken out swarms of drones in a trial of a new directed-energy weapon and the largest
LeoLabs’ new radar site in Arizona in December 2024. Photo courtesy of LeoLabs By Greg Hadley, Published by Air and Space Forces, 15 April 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo - As the Space Force looks to expand its ability to track objects in orbit, a series of ground-based radars coming in
