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The founder and driving force behind the #SaxaVord Spaceport is “stepping back but not down” from his role after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis: shetnews.co.uk/2025/07/17/stra - German company Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is confident it could become the first to successfully launch a rocket from the UK’s only licensed vertical spaceport, with the firm planning another test flight during a five-week window at the end of the year.

A person leans on a sign at SaxaVord UK Spaceport, which announces it as Europe's first licensed vertical launch facility, opened on May 29, 2024.
Shetland News · Strang to step back from spaceport after receiving terminal cancer diagnosisTHE FOUNDER and driving force behind the SaxaVord Spaceport is “stepping back but not down” from his role after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis....

The fiery end of the first first stage of a German #RFA ONE #rocket in #SaxaVord (Shetlands, U.K.) on 19 August was due to an engine turbopump malfunction, says the COO in the video x.com/rfa_space/status/1827030 from which these stills come. The launch pad survived and the other stages of the first rocket weren't involved while a new first stage is already in production, so the delay caused by the accident won't be dramatic. But there will be no launch attempt this year: spacenews.com/rfa-pushes-maide

(A headline I wouldn't have dreamt of just a few years ago ...) German company aims for rocket launch every month from #Shetland Islands: independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli -#RocketFactoryAugsburg is one of several firms planning to use launch pads at #SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst.

The Independent · German company aims for rocket launch every month from Shetland IslandsBy Neil Pooran

🇪🇺 Top #European Launch Companies of 📆 2023

#ArianeGroup - Love em or hate em, ArianeGroup remains, for now, the dominant force in the European launch industry
#PLDSpace - successfully launched the first flight of its suborbital #Miura1
#Avio - partially successful orbital launch aboard a #Vega rocket
#IsarAerospace - completed a total of 124 hot fire tests of its Aquila engine
#RocketFactory Augsburg - relying on the timely completion of #SaxaVord to conduct its maiden flight
#HyImpulse - #SaxaVord was not ready to host the launch
#MaiaSpace - first successful hot fire test of a #Prometheus engine
#Latitude - hot fire test campaign of its #Navier engine
#Orbex - journey to build its own launch facility officially kicked off in May
#BayernChemie - #RedKite rocket launched from #Andoya

europeanspaceflight.com/top-eu

European Spaceflight · Top European Launch Companies of 2023 - European SpaceflightA look at the top European launch companies of 2023 based on launches completed, milestones achieved, and funding secured.

The UK’s first vertical rockets will launch in 2024 after a spaceport in Scotland’s Shetland Islands received approval from aviation authorities — in a boost to Europe’s rocket and small satellites startups.

The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority has granted SaxaVord Spaceport a licence for up to 30 launches a year, after checking it met the requirements for vertical launches.

sifted.eu/articles/spaceport-o

Sifted · One of Europe’s first spaceports opens in UK, easing reliance on non-Europe launchesThe UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has granted SaxaVord Spaceport on the island of Unst a licence for up to 30 vertical launches a year.
#Europe#UK#Scotland

How to build a spaceport.

Around 250 kilometres off the north coast of Scotland, the Shetland isle of Unst undergoing a dramatic renovation.

On a peninsula flanked by giant cliffs and open ocean, builders are constructing a spaceport. They call the project SaxaVord. They say it could host the first-ever vertical rocket launches from Western Europe.

thenextweb.com/news/how-to-bui

TNW | Deep-Tech · How to build a spaceportSaxaVord Spaceport aims to host the first vertical rocket launches from Western Europe. This is how the team plans to achieve their goal
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