SaxaVord Spaceport is a UK spaceport located on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, the most northerly of the inhabited Shetland Islands off the coast of Scotland. The site is near the RAF Saxa Vord radar station and the settlement of Skaw, adjacent to the Saxa Vord distillery.
facts
countryUnited Kingdom
operatorunknown
first launchunknown
launches total0
statuslicensed
websitesaxavord.com
crawled events
- noise2026-09-22SaxaVord scraps shared launch rail plan, HyImpulse to supply its own
- notable2026-09-08SaxaVord Spaceport secures £30 million UK government funding pledge
- notable2026-08-06RFA pulls RFA One rocket from SaxaVord pad, cancels UK's first launch window
- notable2026-07-07RFA delays RFA ONE's maiden launch after vehicle issue found in testing
timeline
- 20252025-01-16CAA grants RFA the UK's first vertical orbital launch licence for SaxaVord (per SpaceNews)as of 2026-07-12
- 20242024-08-19RFA One first stage destroyed in static fire test at SaxaVord (per SpaceNews)as of 2026-07-12
- 20232023-01-11Rocket Factory Augsburg signs exclusive multi-year deal for SaxaVord's Launch Pad Fredoas of 2026-07-12
- 20172017Shetland Space Centre founded on Unst, later rebranded SaxaVord Spaceportas of 2026-07-12
sources
[1] ll.thespacedevs.com ↗
country2026-07-05launches totalfirst-party2026-11-06
[2] en.wikipedia.org ↗
statuswikipedia2026-07-05
[3] saxavord.com ↗
websitefirst-party2026-07-05
faq
Where is SaxaVord Spaceport?
SaxaVord Spaceport is located in United Kingdom. as of 2026-07-05
How many launches has SaxaVord Spaceport hosted?
SaxaVord Spaceport has hosted 0 launches. as of 2026-11-06