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The SaxaVord launch facility is projected to create circa 140 jobs in Unst and inject at least £4.9 million into the Shetland Islands economy each year.
The SaxaVord launch facility is projected to provide a further 70 jobs throughout Shetland and add approximately £2.9 million in gross value to the Shetland economy.
Venture Orbital Systems signed a memorandum of understanding with Scotland’s SaxaVord Spaceport in February of 2022.
Lockheed Martin selected ABL Space Systems to perform the UK Pathfinder launch from SaxaVord Spaceport.
SaxaVord Spaceport is preparing to perform a site-wide rehearsal in early July that will test facilities by launching a roughly 3-meter-tall rocket to an altitude of 3.6 km from the Lamba Ness peninsula using a portable launchpad system.
Unst is the UK’s highest point of latitude, providing SaxaVord customers a geographic advantage for payload performance and launch-site operations.
SaxaVord has been chosen to host the UK Space Agency’s UK Pathfinder launch, which will be delivered by Lockheed Martin and ABL Systems in 2022.
SaxaVord has secured planning permission for a launch site designed for small rockets delivering payloads into low Earth orbit.
SaxaVord UK Spaceport would expand Astra’s launch capacity at key orbital inclinations.
Astra Space, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASTR) and SaxaVord UK Spaceport are partnering to provide dedicated orbital launch services from the UK.
SaxaVord Spaceport has been chosen by Lockheed Martin and ABL Space Systems for the RS1 rocket’s first UK launch scheduled for later 2022.
Astra plans to perform launches in 2023 at SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands.
The partnership between Astra Space and SaxaVord UK Spaceport was announced on 2022-05-10.
Astra Space and SaxaVord UK Spaceport are partnering to provide dedicated orbital launch services to the satellite market.
SaxaVord UK Spaceport would expand Astra’s launch capacity at key orbital inclinations.
Astra is partnering with SaxaVord Spaceport to provide launch services from the SaxaVord facility on the island of Unst.
The UK Space Agency provided £23.5 million in two separate grants to Lockheed Martin to establish launch operations at SaxaVord Spaceport and to support research, development, build, and flight demonstration of an orbital maneuvering vehicle.
SaxaVord Spaceport operates a commercial ground station and offers test facilities for launch vehicle manufacturers.
Skyrora is developing the Skyrora XL orbital launch vehicle and plans to operate from SaxaVord Spaceport.
Saxavord Spaceport and the rocket company expected to launch the spacecraft must obtain a license from the UK Civil Aviation Authority before launch.