Chancellor announces £10m for SaxaVord Spaceport in budget
SaxaVord Spaceport has welcomed a £10m UK government funding boost.
READ FULL STORYSaxaVord Spaceport has welcomed a £10m UK government funding boost.
READ FULL STORYSaxaVord will become the first spaceport to be able to launch vertical rockets in the UK after receiving a licence from the UK Civil Aviation…
READ FULL STORYMore rocket launches have been planned for SaxaVord – cementing its position at the forefront of the UK space sector.
READ FULL STORYThe spaceport in Unst is “firmly on track”, SaxaVord Spaceport has said in a brief statement. It comes after the company said construction workers had…
READ FULL STORYA community group and a business have backed a move towards building fixed links between Unst and Yell and the Mainland. North Yell Development Council…
READ FULL STORYSaxaVord Spaceport is the latest business to pledge its support as a sponsor for this summer’s Tall Ships Races in Lerwick. The company, which is…
READ FULL STORYSaxaVord is developing a satellite payload processing facility (PPF) – to give it the “commercial edge” in the space sector.
READ FULL STORYThe growing momentum behind the spaceport has been seized upon as further evidence of the need for fixed links.
READ FULL STORYShetland may be known for its warm welcome to visitors – but that only extends so far. Any extra-terrestrial interlopers will be facing the long…
READ FULL STORYAerospace giant Lockheed Martin has said it is “all systems go” in moving towards its first satellite launch from Shetland later this year.
READ FULL STORYA successful test has paved the way for the first Shetland spaceflight later this year.
READ FULL STORYConstruction can finally begin on the SaxaVord Spaceport after the final two planning hurdles were overcome.
READ FULL STORYA ground preparation celebration was held today (Wednesday) marking yet another milestone in the journey towards the UK’s first vertical satellite launch.
READ FULL STORYSaxaVord Spaceport has signed another partnership which is hoped to achieve rocket launches next year.
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