Show threadSpaceflight 🚀May 3
@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
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Mar 20

#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/

HyImpulse Signs Launch Agreement with SaxaVord

The second suborbital flight of HyImpulse's SR75 is expected to lift off from SaxaVord no earlier than Q3 2026.

Payload
RTNMar 19

#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

Raumfahrt: Hyimpulse will im Sommer die nächste Rakete starten

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.

Handelsblatt
RTNMar 11

#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

RFA transportiert Raketenstufen zum Weltraumbahnhof SaxaVord für den ersten orbitalen Flug im Sommer 2026

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) hat seine erste und zweite Stufe an den Weltraumbahnhof SaxaVord in Schottland geliefert und damit einen wichtigen Meilenstein …

Radio Schwaben GmbH
Spaceflight 🚀Mar 6

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

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

A2 Engineering ServicesAug 8, 2025

Glasgow-based company has received its UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) licence for suborbital launches from Scotland’s SaxaVord Spaceport.

https://eandt.theiet.org/2025/08/05/skyrora-becomes-first-uk-firm-licensed-operate-launch-rockets-scotland-spaceport.

#saxavord #scotland

Skyrora becomes first UK firm licensed to operate launch rockets from Scotland spaceport

Rocket and space technology company Skyrora has received its UK Civil Aviation Authority licence for suborbital launches from Scotland’s SaxaVord Spaceport.

Engineering and Technology Magazine
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Aug 7, 2025

"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

Daniel FischerJul 18, 2025
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.
Strang to step back from spaceport after receiving terminal cancer diagnosis

THE FOUNDER and driving force behind the SaxaVord Spaceport is “stepping back but not down” from his role after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis....

Shetland News
Show threadDaniel FischerApr 3, 2025
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.
First Orbital Launch from UK Soil - RFA - NSF Live: Europe's Future in Space

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Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Mar 19, 2025

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

Rockets made in Lanarkshire should reach space next year, company says

Skyrora it building its first 23-metre XL rocket at a factory in Cumbernauld.

Evening Standard