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SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland will host the RFA ONE microlauncher at Rocket Factory Augsburg’s completed launch pad.
Lockheed Martin opted in 2020 to conduct a U.K. Pathfinder launch from SaxaVord Spaceport using a vehicle provided by ABL Space Systems instead of Sutherland Spaceport.
Rocket Factory Augsburg is developing the RFA One rocket designed to place up to 1,300 kg into sun-synchronous orbit with a first launch planned from SaxaVord as soon as the end of 2023.
Skyrora is developing an orbital launch vehicle designed to launch from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands as soon as later 2023.
Lockheed Martin selected the RS1 to perform its U.K. Pathfinder launch from the SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands later in 2023.
Lockheed Martin selected the RS1 rocket to perform its U.K. Pathfinder launch from the SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands later in 2023.
RFA plans the first RFA ONE orbital launch from SaxaVord into a 500 km high sun-synchronous orbit.
SaxaVord Spaceport will support RFA across the entire lifecycle of a launch, including testing, inspections, fueling, safety, supplying meteorological weather data, and providing access to its ground station network for data capture and distribution.
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG’s first launch from SaxaVord will target a 500 km high sun-synchronous orbit.
SaxaVord Spaceport will support Rocket Factory Augsburg AG across the entire lifecycle of a launch, including testing, inspections, fueling, safety, supplying meteorological weather data, and providing access to its ground station network for data capture and distribution.
The first RFA ONE launch from SaxaVord Spaceport is planned into a 500 km high sun-synchronous orbit.
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG will use the SaxaVord site to launch payloads at high cadence into polar and sun-synchronous orbits.
SaxaVord Spaceport will support Rocket Factory Augsburg AG across the entire lifecycle of a launch, including facilitating testing, inspections, fueling, safety, supplying MET weather data, and providing access to its ground station network for data capture and distribution.
The launch pad and launch stool at SaxaVord Spaceport were fully completed by the end of 2022.
Lockheed Martin selected RS1 to perform its U.K. Pathfinder launch from the SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands later in 2023.
SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands is being developed to support launches by companies such as ABL Space Systems and Skyrora.
Shetland Space Centre received £378,000 for Project SkyReach to build and install a rocket launch rail for sub-orbital launches supporting sounding rockets up to three tonnes gross lift-off weight at SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland.
Lockheed Martin will use ABL Space Systems’ RS1 rocket for the mission it moved to SaxaVord, with the mission tentatively scheduled for 2023.
Lockheed Martin is a strategic partner to the UK government and is working with the UK Space Agency to conduct northern Europe’s first vertical satellite launch from the recently approved SaxaVord Spaceport.
Shetland Islands Council approved SaxaVord’s application to build a spaceport at SaxaVord.