#saxavord — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/117324613393028127

The latest award appears to be an extension of the €3.6 million 💶 awarded to the company in late 2023 to develop and deploy infrastructure at #SaxaVord

#RocketFactory #RFA #ESA

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 "#Scotland already builds more satellites 🛰️ than anywhere else in #Europe*, and with a £30m #UK government investment boost, #SaxaVord is now poised to deliver up to three-quarters of the continent's orbital launch slots**" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyze8ed774o

* 200 / year https://spire.com/space-services/satellite-manufacturing/
** SaxaVord has regulatory approval for up to 30 rocket launches a year https://www.caa.co.uk/newsroom/news/saxavord-granted-spaceport-licence-by-uk-civil-aviation-authority/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/117241531466580749

“The #UK 🇬🇧 is collaborating with #Germany 🇩🇪 and other allies to establish responsive space launch opportunities through #SaxaVord #Spaceport”

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/117235051047580952

#HyImpulse could attempt the second flight of its SR75 suborbital rocket between 5 and 18 October from #SaxaVord 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Spaceport. SR75 is a technology demonstrator for the larger #SL1 orbital launch vehicle, designed to carry payloads of up to 600 kilograms to #LEO

RE: https://spacey.space/@spaceflight/116896479427279067

"A launch window will be in place at #SaxaVord #Spaceport during August and early September to allow for a rocket test flight"* https://saxavord.com/saxavord-spaceport-outlines-how-launch-window-will-operate

* https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/5757/

#RFA

Government’s new space strategy targets UK tech companies
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=governments-new-space-strategy-targets-uk-tech-companies
<p>SaxaVord spaceport in Shetland to receive funding boost as potential site of first vertical rocket
#government #companies #strategy #saxavord

29,280 tracked objects circle our planet — but only one site in Europe launches vertically into orbit.

SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst, Shetland is paving the way for the UK’s orbital ambitions, offering polar and SSO access.

Your front-row seat to launches from British soil starts here. Discover the site’s profile and launch schedule.

Visit: [SaxaVord Spaceport](https://orbitalradar.com/spaceports/saxavord)

#Spaceport #SaxaVord #UKSpace #OrbitalRadar

SPACE · UK's first orbital rocket launch hits a snag

Rocket Factory Augsburg pulled its rocket off the pad in Scotland after finding an issue during testing.

Read the rest at: https://thedailyfathom.com/space/2026-08-03/

#Space #RocketFactoryAugsburg #SaxaVord #TheDailyFathom

#Independent:
"
Space launch company investigates rocket ‘issue’ ahead of engine test plans
"
"German company Rocket Factory Augsburg has chosen to ‘de-stack’ its 30m-tall vehicle."

".. certified launch window is due to open on August 10 .."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/space-b3023248.html

28.7.2026

#Rakete #Raumfahrt #RFA #RFAONE #RocketFactoryAugsburg #rocketry #SaxaVord #SpaceFlight

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #SaxaVord applied for a licence to dispose of #debris from the launch in the sea between 1 July 2026 and 30 June 2027. The rocket’s nose cone and first stage will be jettisoned into a “designated hazard area” in the sea north of #Shetland.

The nose cone is eight metres long and weighs 250 kilograms, while the first stage rocket is 21 metres long and weighs 4.5 tonnes. #HyImpulse is also planning to launch a rocket from SaxaVord in September 2026 https://www.theferret.scot/spaceport-shetland-risk-tourism-fishing/

#RFA

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/116880507514285726

#SaxaVord announced that a five-week launch window would open on 10 August to allow for a “rocket test flight.”

#RFA

The space race Germany vs. Germany to launch a home-built rocket into orbit is heating up ... as reported in https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0my797z90eo the #RocketFactoryAugsburg could see its first launch attempt in #SaxaVord in August, #IsarAerospace doesn't say in https://isaraerospace.com/mission-updates-overview when it will try again in Norway but apparently came pretty close last month.

A spaceport - #SaxaVord - plans to dump tonnes of rocket junk into the sea north of Shetland, posing a risk to tourism and fishing: https://www.theferret.scot/spaceport-shetland-risk-tourism-fishing/ - tourism and fishing associations in Shetland have voiced alarm and concern about the plans, while campaigners condemn space companies as “litter louts".

@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

#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:
"
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

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

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/

"
Heftige Explosion
Raketentest von deutscher Firma in Schottland missglückt
"
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