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'Go for launch': SpaceX teams targeting tonight for liftoff of a Falcon 9 Starlink mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

So there's very little civilian air traffic flying overhead. so from this location here, we can get the satellites into the orbits they need to be. also, because of our location, we're two and a half kilometres away from human houses, human habitats, so it's a very safe location. this is the first of three launch pads, with the site hoping to get their orbital licence in the next few weeks. eventually, up to 30 rockets could be launched each year carrying a number of small satellites, and that's attracted interest from companies across the globe. there are so many applications from space. the ...

So when we launch, we're launching over sea. we've got a clear trajectory into the orbits that we're trying to get to and the airspace itself is very uncongested. so there's very little civilian air traffic flying overhead. so from this location here, we can get the satellites into the orbits they need to be. also, because of our location, we're two and a half kilometres away from human houses, human habitats, so it's a very safe location. this is the first of three launch pads, with the site hoping to get their orbital licence in the next few weeks. eventually, up to 30 rockets could be launc...

Sheep are grazing. and we have seen a pod of orca swimming by. we are at the most northern point in the uk. its unique geography makes this point particularly special. beyond us the sea. it is called in the goldilocks position, just right for launching rockets into space. imagine a rocket behind it, 29 metres high, 8—9 small satellites blasting into space. that is the hopein blasting into space. that is the hope in unst. they have two other launch pads under construction and they hope once they get the correct permissions, rockets can be blasting off from unst in shetland. that is the hope. ...

Into the orbits that we're trying to get to and the airspace itself is very uncongested, so there's very little civilian air traffic flying overhead, so from this location here, we can get the satellites into the orbits they need to be. also, because of our location, we're two and a half kilometres away from human houses, human habitats, so it's a very safe location. this is the first of three launch pads, with the site hoping to get their orbital licence in the next few weeks. eventually, up to 30 rockets could be launched each year, carrying a number of small satellites, and that's attracted...