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The successful test-firing of a rocket on the Shetland Islands is a 'big moment' ahead of the first space launch due later this year, the head of the UK Space Agency has said.
A CONSULTATION is now open on plans by a German rocket company to launch up to ten times a year from the SaxaVord Spaceport. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is applying for the necessary consents to launch its ONE NOM vehicle from the Unst site - with a first demonstration mooted...
A German company hopes to launch rockets into space as often as once a month from the island at the northernmost tip...
SaxaVord was granted the UK's first vertical launch spaceport licence in December, allowing up to 30 launches each year.
Unst in the Shetland Isles is to become the UK's first spaceport for vertical rocket launches, the first of its kind in Western Europe. The CAA has given approval to begin launches in 2024.