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Milestone as spaceport applies for licences to launch satellites from Shetland

Licence applications for the UK’s first vertical-launch spaceport have been submitted to the industry regulator in a “milestone” for the project. SaxaVord UK Spaceport, which will be located at Lamba Ness in Unst, was granted planning permission by ...

10 Mar 2022 at 13:55

Scotland

Rockets to lift off from Shetland Islands by year’s end

Work is set to begin on the UK’s first commercial spaceport, which will see satellites launched into orbit from the Shetlands by the end of the year after plans won the backing of the local authority. The Lamba Ness peninsular in Unst will be home ...

28 Feb 2022 at 14:55

Scotland

Scottish spaceport aims to be included as part of green freeport bid

A spaceport in Shetland which hopes to host rocket launches next year is aiming to become part of the North East Scotland freeport. SaxaVord Spaceport in Unst is in talks to become a subzone of the North East Scotland Green Freeport (NESGF) ...

25 Aug 2022 at 01:01

First rocket launch from UK soil set for Monday

The first rocket launch from UK soil is expected to take place on Monday. If all goes to plan, and the weather cooperates, satellites will be blasted into space from Spaceport Cornwall as part of the Start Me Up mission. The initial window ...

06 Jan 2023 at 11:40

Final checks made ahead of first UK rocket launch

Final preparations are under way ahead of the first rocket launch from UK soil. Several satellites are due to be blasted into space on Monday night from Cornwall Airport near Newquay. If all goes to plan the launch will take place at ...

09 Jan 2023 at 11:34

UK officials to oversee investigation into Virgin Orbit mission failure

UK officials will work with counterparts in the US to oversee an investigation into the failure of Virgin Orbit’s rocket launch mission from Cornwall. The Space Accident Investigation Authority (CAIS) said it will work alongside the ...

13 Jan 2023 at 14:29

National News

Team behind attempted rocket launch off Irish coast identify 'anomaly' behind failure

A premature shutdown in the rocket during the first attempt to launch satellites into orbit from the UK was behind the mission failure, Virgin Orbit has said. After taking off from Spaceport Cornwall, the Virgin Orbit plane flew to ...

12 Jan 2023 at 18:33

National News

Team behind attempted rocket launch off Irish coast identify 'anomaly' behind failure

12 Jan 2023 at 17:33

Boris Johnson apparently erased from Business Secretary’s tweet

Boris Johnson apparently erased from Business Secretary tweet

Boris Johnson may not have fully disappeared from politics, but in a recent photo tweeted by the Business Secretary the former prime minister appeared to have performed a vanishing act. Grant Shapps, tweeting in advance of the ...

10 Jan 2023 at 13:12

Virgin Orbit and government investigating why first UK rocket launch failed

Virgin Orbit and the Government are working together to investigate why the attempt to launch a rocket into orbit from UK soil ended in failure. After taking off from Cornwall, the Virgin Orbit plane flew to 35,000ft over the ...

10 Jan 2023 at 16:14

Team behind first UK rocket launch tell of ‘immense excitement’

The team behind the first rocket launch from UK soil have spoken of their immense excitement as they prepare for take-off. Final arrangements are being made ahead of several satellites being blasted into space on Monday ...

08 Jan 2023 at 16:10

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit pauses operations while it seeks extra funds

Richard Branson’s satellite launch firm Virgin Orbit has paused operations, the company said, amid reports that it is working to secure additional funding. The news comes after the company, which is based in California,...

16 Mar 2023 at 13:09

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