#saxavord — Public Fediverse posts

@Toxic_Flange the "Atlantic #Spaceport Complex" looks similar https://www.nordspace.com/media, but #SaxaVord was the same ~2 years ago https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/16174821/history

Parts of first rocket launched from Unst expected to splash down east of Iceland

PARTS of the first rocket due to launch from SaxaVord Spaceport later this year are expected to splash…
#Iceland #IS #Europe #Europa #EU #iceland #island #rfa #SaxaVord #space #spaceport
https://www.europesays.com/2955302/

#HyImpulse announced a launch service agreement to begin flying from #SaxaVord 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Spaceport. The suborbital flight is expected to lift off in Q3.

The vehicle uses a mix of paraffin-based solid fuel and liquid oxygen, and can carry up to 250 kg to an altitude of 200 km. #SR75 is 40% cheaper 💶 than traditional propulsion systems, according to HyImpulse https://payloadspace.com/hyimpulse-signs-launch-agreement-with-saxavord/

#Handelsblatt:
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Hyimpulse will im Sommer die nächste Rakete starten
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"Das Start-up könnte schon im August seine zweite suborbitale Rakete von Schottland aus starten. Das Besondere: Beim Antrieb seiner Raketen nutzt Hyimpulse einen ungewöhnlichen Treibstoff."

https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/raumfahrt-hyimpulse-will-im-sommer-die-naechste-rakete-starten/100209548.html

19.3.2026

#Hyimpulse #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #Saxavord #Schottland #SpaceFlight #SR75

#radioschwaben:
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RFA transportiert Raketenstufen zum Weltraumbahnhof SaxaVord für den ersten orbitalen Flug im Sommer 2026
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https://www.radioschwaben.de/rfa-transportiert-raketenstufen-zum-weltraumbahnhof-saxavord-fuer-den-ersten-orbitalen-flug-im-sommer-2026-435174/

10.3.2026

#Esrange #Helix #Kiruna #Rakete #Raumfahrt #RFA #RFAONE #RocketFactoryAugsburg #rocketry #SaxaVord #SpaceFlight

#radioschwaben:
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RFA transportiert Raketenstufen zum Weltraumbahnhof SaxaVord für den ersten orbitalen Flug im Sommer 2026
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https://www.radioschwaben.de/rfa-transportiert-raketenstufen-zum-weltraumbahnhof-saxavord-fuer-den-ersten-orbitalen-flug-im-sommer-2026-435174/

10.3.2026

#Esrange #Helix #Kiruna #Rakete #Raumfahrt #RFA #RFAONE #RocketFactoryAugsburg #rocketry #SaxaVord #SpaceFlight

#radioschwaben:
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RFA transportiert Raketenstufen zum Weltraumbahnhof SaxaVord für den ersten orbitalen Flug im Sommer 2026
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https://www.radioschwaben.de/rfa-transportiert-raketenstufen-zum-weltraumbahnhof-saxavord-fuer-den-ersten-orbitalen-flug-im-sommer-2026-435174/

10.3.2026

#Esrange #Helix #Kiruna #Rakete #Raumfahrt #RFA #RFAONE #RocketFactoryAugsburg #rocketry #SaxaVord #SpaceFlight

#radioschwaben:
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RFA transportiert Raketenstufen zum Weltraumbahnhof SaxaVord für den ersten orbitalen Flug im Sommer 2026
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https://www.radioschwaben.de/rfa-transportiert-raketenstufen-zum-weltraumbahnhof-saxavord-fuer-den-ersten-orbitalen-flug-im-sommer-2026-435174/

10.3.2026

#Esrange #Helix #Kiruna #Rakete #Raumfahrt #RFA #RFAONE #RocketFactoryAugsburg #rocketry #SaxaVord #SpaceFlight

#radioschwaben:
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RFA transportiert Raketenstufen zum Weltraumbahnhof SaxaVord für den ersten orbitalen Flug im Sommer 2026
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https://www.radioschwaben.de/rfa-transportiert-raketenstufen-zum-weltraumbahnhof-saxavord-fuer-den-ersten-orbitalen-flug-im-sommer-2026-435174/

10.3.2026

#Esrange #Helix #Kiruna #Rakete #Raumfahrt #RFA #RFAONE #RocketFactoryAugsburg #rocketry #SaxaVord #SpaceFlight

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/116182982779024614

#RocketFactory Augsburg at #SaxaVord 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/16174821

"Despite having a vehicle ready and a #launch license, it is unlikely that #Skyrora will be able to complete its launch from the #UK 🇬🇧 this year". The company had options to launch from #Australia 🇦🇺, #Oman and potentially #Iceland 🇮🇸 https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/uk-grants-space-launch-licence-scottish-firm-2025-08-04

#SaxaVord #spaceport #availability

The founder and driving force behind the #SaxaVord Spaceport is “stepping back but not down” from his role after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis: https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/07/17/strang-step-back-spaceport-receiving/ - 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.

53 minutes into the interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZNkegpm5s the CEO of #RFA dares to guess that the first launch attempt of the #rocket RFA ONE from #SaxaVord should come 6 to 8 months from now - the recovery from the launch pad explosion last Augst has come along well.

@angry_astro

"I've been trying to get this interview for five years! #Orbex Space PLUS #Saxavord update!!"

https://youtu.be/E1RDuvdqdoE?feature=shared

A number of companies are working to become the first to launch satellites into space from European soil, with several planning on using #SaxaVord 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Spaceport. Germany’s 🇩🇪 #RFA is thought to have the most advanced plans https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/lanarkshire-scottish-north-lanarkshire-iceland-european-b1211534.html

#Skyrora #XL #RocketFactory #RFAOne #Augsburg

A number of companies are working to become the first to launch satellites into space from European soil, with several planning on using #SaxaVord 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Spaceport. Germany’s 🇩🇪 #RFA is thought to have the most advanced plans https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/lanarkshire-scottish-north-lanarkshire-iceland-european-b1211534.html

#Skyrora #XL #RocketFactory #RFAOne #Augsburg

A number of companies are working to become the first to launch satellites into space from European soil, with several planning on using #SaxaVord 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Spaceport. Germany’s 🇩🇪 #RFA is thought to have the most advanced plans https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/lanarkshire-scottish-north-lanarkshire-iceland-european-b1211534.html

#Skyrora #XL #RocketFactory #RFAOne #Augsburg

A number of companies are working to become the first to launch satellites into space from European soil, with several planning on using #SaxaVord 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Spaceport. Germany’s 🇩🇪 #RFA is thought to have the most advanced plans https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/lanarkshire-scottish-north-lanarkshire-iceland-european-b1211534.html

#Skyrora #XL #RocketFactory #RFAOne #Augsburg

A number of companies are working to become the first to launch satellites into space from European soil, with several planning on using #SaxaVord 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Spaceport. Germany’s 🇩🇪 #RFA is thought to have the most advanced plans https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/lanarkshire-scottish-north-lanarkshire-iceland-european-b1211534.html

#Skyrora #XL #RocketFactory #RFAOne #Augsburg

Approval granted for #RocketFactory Augsburg (#RFA) to launch from #SaxaVord spaceport https://www.independent.co.uk/space/civil-aviation-authority-scottish-government-unst-one-scottish-b2680687.html

Engineers have identified a “very unusual” oxygen fire 🔥 in a turbopump as the reason a rocket engine exploded 💥 during a test at the spaceport in Shetland earlier this week https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/unst-shetland-b2601194.html

#RFA #SaxaVord #RUD

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 https://x.com/rfa_space/status/1827030581986611696 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: https://spacenews.com/rfa-pushes-maiden-flight-to-2025-after-launchpad-explosion/

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Heftige Explosion
Raketentest von deutscher Firma in Schottland missglückt
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https://www.rnd.de/wissen/raketentest-von-deutscher-firma-in-schottland-missgluckt-0fd7563f-3ef0-4553-ad4e-558803f40e8b.html

Video: https://d22ksvf89g4wc0.cloudfront.net/wp-madsack/Reuters/20240820/66c472a9528a62024c2d842e/t_6ec15ed1d78c4b69ab82a80dc2fc8477_name_263c74ec_664e_4b76_87b4_0f13a0c7eda9/file_1920x1080-5400-v4.mp4

20.8.2024

#OHB #RFA #RFAOne #Rakete #Raumfahrt #SaxaVord #Schottland #Shetland #SpaceFlight

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Heftige Explosion
Raketentest von deutscher Firma in Schottland missglückt
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https://www.rnd.de/wissen/raketentest-von-deutscher-firma-in-schottland-missgluckt-0fd7563f-3ef0-4553-ad4e-558803f40e8b.html

Video: https://d22ksvf89g4wc0.cloudfront.net/wp-madsack/Reuters/20240820/66c472a9528a62024c2d842e/t_6ec15ed1d78c4b69ab82a80dc2fc8477_name_263c74ec_664e_4b76_87b4_0f13a0c7eda9/file_1920x1080-5400-v4.mp4

20.8.2024

#OHB #RFA #RFAOne #Rakete #Raumfahrt #SaxaVord #Schottland #Shetland #SpaceFlight

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Heftige Explosion
Raketentest von deutscher Firma in Schottland missglückt
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https://www.rnd.de/wissen/raketentest-von-deutscher-firma-in-schottland-missgluckt-0fd7563f-3ef0-4553-ad4e-558803f40e8b.html

Video: https://d22ksvf89g4wc0.cloudfront.net/wp-madsack/Reuters/20240820/66c472a9528a62024c2d842e/t_6ec15ed1d78c4b69ab82a80dc2fc8477_name_263c74ec_664e_4b76_87b4_0f13a0c7eda9/file_1920x1080-5400-v4.mp4

20.8.2024

#OHB #RFA #RFAOne #Rakete #Raumfahrt #SaxaVord #Schottland #Shetland #SpaceFlight

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Heftige Explosion
Raketentest von deutscher Firma in Schottland missglückt
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https://www.rnd.de/wissen/raketentest-von-deutscher-firma-in-schottland-missgluckt-0fd7563f-3ef0-4553-ad4e-558803f40e8b.html

Video: https://d22ksvf89g4wc0.cloudfront.net/wp-madsack/Reuters/20240820/66c472a9528a62024c2d842e/t_6ec15ed1d78c4b69ab82a80dc2fc8477_name_263c74ec_664e_4b76_87b4_0f13a0c7eda9/file_1920x1080-5400-v4.mp4

20.8.2024

#OHB #RFA #RFAOne #Rakete #Raumfahrt #SaxaVord #Schottland #Shetland #SpaceFlight

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Heftige Explosion
Raketentest von deutscher Firma in Schottland missglückt
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https://www.rnd.de/wissen/raketentest-von-deutscher-firma-in-schottland-missgluckt-0fd7563f-3ef0-4553-ad4e-558803f40e8b.html

Video: https://d22ksvf89g4wc0.cloudfront.net/wp-madsack/Reuters/20240820/66c472a9528a62024c2d842e/t_6ec15ed1d78c4b69ab82a80dc2fc8477_name_263c74ec_664e_4b76_87b4_0f13a0c7eda9/file_1920x1080-5400-v4.mp4

20.8.2024

#OHB #RFA #RFAOne #Rakete #Raumfahrt #SaxaVord #Schottland #Shetland #SpaceFlight

Yeah, that didn't do well at any stage of the test. Looks like it was venting propellant out the side pretty quickly.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy54wqzz0kvo

#RFA #SaxaVord #space

@angryastro 🇬🇧 🧑‍🚀 🇺🇸

WOW!! RFA @RFA #RFARocketFactory static fire shakes #Saxavord, and I see it from less than a mile away!!

https://youtu.be/M65WFW13mYM?feature=shared

🇺🇸 #Firefly to launch #Alpha rockets from #Esrange 🇸🇪, #RocketFactory Augsburg 🇩🇪 from #SaxaVord Spaceport 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://spacenews.com/firefly-to-launch-alpha-rockets-from-esrange-in-sweden/

#RFA 🇩🇪 at #SaxaVord 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Spaceport https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw80qBV7LBc

#RocketFactory #Augsburg

#Dienstag ist #DingsTag

An mein heutiges Dings wurde ich durch eine Nachricht erinnert: "Shetland: 4000 Jahre alte Grabstätte unter zukünftigem Weltraumbahnhof entdeckt". Auf #Unst (einer der #Shetland Inseln) wird der #Weltraumbahnhof #SaxaVord gebaut. Ein Schild an der Straße weist darauf hin, dass
"Any Aliens will be reported to the Space Police an Transported to Mars"

@angry_astro #uk #space #nasa 👨‍🚀 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

Britain is GO FOR LAUNCH!! #Saxavord receives its range licence from the #CAA!!

https://youtu.be/pqnRQSiC-dE?feature=shared

The #RFA One #rocket 🚀 gets a full assembly and checkout testing in #Augsburg* 🇩🇪 before it will be shipped in around a dozen containers to #SaxaVord 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for the first #launch taking place this summer https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/unst-augsburg-falcon-uk-space-agency-b2486380.html

* 🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=Rocket+Factory+Augsburg

#RocketFactory

(A headline I wouldn't have dreamt of just a few years ago ...) German company aims for rocket launch every month from #Shetland Islands: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/unst-augsburg-falcon-uk-space-agency-b2486380.html -#RocketFactoryAugsburg is one of several firms planning to use launch pads at #SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst.

🇬🇧 #UK's government 🏢 has thus far been completely #inept at finding any way to meaningfully support the #spaceport’s development. That has not stopped officials from taking a victory 💪 lap of their own. It is #ludicrous that a country that espouses a desire to prioritize #space has so completely #failed to support the development of one of its most promising space-related #infrastructure projects. https://europeanspaceflight.com/progress-made-at-saxavord-but-questions-remain/

#SaxaVord

theWhiskyteacher terugkijktip: Where the wild men are, met Ben Fogle die een stel uit Kent volgt die een krot kopen op Yell, één van de Shetland-eilanden. De #Shetlands, waar geen boom wil groeien, waar wel whiskyvaten liggen te rijpen en sinds kort whisky wordt gedestilleerd, de #SaxaVord Distillery op #Unst.
https://npo.nl/start/serie/where-the-wild-men-are-with-ben-fogle/seizoen-9/where-the-wild-men-are-with-ben-fogle_1/afspelen

#Schotland

🇪🇺 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

https://europeanspaceflight.com/top-european-launch-companies-of-2023/

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.

https://sifted.eu/articles/spaceport-opens-in-uk-easing-reliance-on-non-europe-launches

#Europe #UK #Scotland #Space #SaxaVord #Aerospace #Rocket #Satellite #Spaceport #Startup

Full #orbital #launches 🚀 are expected to take place at #SaxaVord from 📆 2025.
#Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 currently has five proposed #spaceports under development https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-67741864

#RFA UK 🇬🇧 (#RocketFactory Ltd) has received £3.5 million 💷 to support its plans to launch from #SaxaVord #Spaceport https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-european-space-agency-funding-boost-for-satellite-launch-from-shetland

#ESA #BoostProgramme

#SaxaVord #Spaceport 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 : #Hylmpulse 🇩🇪 will attempt sub-orbital launches from 📆 August 2024. Full #orbital launches 🚀 will take place from 📆 2025.
#RocketFactory Ausburg (#RFA) 🇩🇪 is also planning an #orbital launch 🚀 early next year, followed by a #LockheedMartin / #ABLSpace 🇺🇸 #launch later in 📆 2024 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-67426303

UKSA unterstützt RFA UK durch BOOST!
Startdienstleister hat £3,5 Mio erhalten, um Pläne für Start vom SaxaVord Spaceport auf Shetlandinseln zu unterstützen. Ankündigung erfolgt zu Zeitpunkt, zu dem britischer Wissenschaftsminister George Freeman Weltraumbahnhof SaxaVord besucht, um von den Fortschritten am Standort zu überzeugen & zentrale Teammitglieder der RFA UK zu treffen. Pressemitteilung Rocket Factory Augsburg AG. (Grafik: #RFA) #UKSA #saxavord
https://www.raumfahrer.net/uk-space-agency-unterstuetzt-rfa-uk-durch-boost/

UKSA unterstützt RFA UK durch BOOST!
Startdienstleister hat £3,5 Mio erhalten, um Pläne für Start vom SaxaVord Spaceport auf Shetlandinseln zu unterstützen. Ankündigung erfolgt zu Zeitpunkt, zu dem britischer Wissenschaftsminister George Freeman Weltraumbahnhof SaxaVord besucht, um von den Fortschritten am Standort zu überzeugen & zentrale Teammitglieder der RFA UK zu treffen. Pressemitteilung Rocket Factory Augsburg AG. (Grafik: #RFA) #UKSA #saxavord
https://www.raumfahrer.net/uk-space-agency-unterstuetzt-rfa-uk-durch-boost/

UKSA unterstützt RFA UK durch BOOST!
Startdienstleister hat £3,5 Mio erhalten, um Pläne für Start vom SaxaVord Spaceport auf Shetlandinseln zu unterstützen. Ankündigung erfolgt zu Zeitpunkt, zu dem britischer Wissenschaftsminister George Freeman Weltraumbahnhof SaxaVord besucht, um von den Fortschritten am Standort zu überzeugen & zentrale Teammitglieder der RFA UK zu treffen. Pressemitteilung Rocket Factory Augsburg AG. (Grafik: #RFA) #UKSA #saxavord
https://www.raumfahrer.net/uk-space-agency-unterstuetzt-rfa-uk-durch-boost/

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UK Space Agency unterstützt RFA UK durch BOOST!

Der Startdienstleister RFA UK (Rocket Factory Ltd) hat £3,5 Millionen erhalten, um seine Pläne für einen Start vom SaxaVord Spaceport auf den Shetlandinseln zu unterstützen. .. Eine Pressemitteilung der Rocket Factory Augsburg AG.
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https://www.raumfahrer.net/uk-space-agency-unterstuetzt-rfa-uk-durch-boost/

8.11.2023

#ESA #GreatBritain #Großbritannien #RFA #Rakete #Raumfahrt #SaxaVord #SpaceFlight #UK #UKSA

📆 October 18, 2023 #RocketFactory #Augsburg 🇩🇪 will launch from #SaxaVord 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Spaceport. #ATMOS #SpaceCargo is responsible for the re-entry logistics and operating the return mission of the Phoenix return capsule which will be carrying #Yuri's ScienceTaxi https://menafn.com/1107264324/3-German-Newspace-Companies-Launch-The-Worlds-First-End-To-End-Microgravity-Service-For-Biotech-Manufacturing

#Weltraumkongress #Berlin

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #SaxaVord #Spaceport : The first lift-off will be a #SubOrbital #rocket 🚀 made by #HyImpulse 🇩🇪, expected around 📆 October 2023. In 📆 April 2024, #RocketFactory aims to achieve the first-ever #orbital #satellite 🛰️ launch from a #LaunchPad called Fredo.

#SaxaVord will build a total of five #LaunchPads, with the site able to take #rockets up to 35 metres long 📏. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23611304.saxavord-spaceport-shetland-just-weeks-away-recognition/

Picture : #Latitude Test Zone at SaxaVord Spaceport https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latitude_Test_Zone_at_SaxaVord_Spaceport_1.jpg

#Times 📆 May 17 2023 #SaxaVord #Spaceport : the first #SpaceRocket 🚀 blasting off from a #British 🇬🇧 launchpad can begin in earnest this summer https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/shetland-islands-spaceport-could-be-licensed-within-months-8x9pjd9j3

"#NewSpace: Wie #Europa mit kleinen #Raketen nach den Sternen greift"

"Etliche #Kleinraketen und die dazu passenden Weltraumbahnhöfe entstehen gerade in Europa. Werden bald #Satelliten aus der #Nordsee ins All geschossen?". Von Karl Urban:

https://www.spektrum.de/news/new-space-wie-europa-mit-kleinen-raketen-nach-den-sternen-greift/2113170

#ESA #Esrange #EU #GOSA #IsarAerospace #Kiruna #LauncherOne #Raumfahrt #RFA #SaxaVord #VirginOrbit

26.2.2023