SaxaVord Spaceport

"SaxaVord" redirects here. Not to be confused with Saxa Vord.

SaxaVord Spaceport
site on Lamba Ness
Map
LocationLamba Ness, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates60°49′06″N 0°46′09″W / 60.8184°N 0.7692°W / 60.8184; -0.7692
Launch history
First launch2024 (planned)
Associated
rockets		Skyrora XL, ABL RS1[broken anchor], Latitude Zephyr, Lockheed Martin UK Pathfinder, Astra, RFA One

SaxaVord Spaceport, previously known as Shetland Space Centre,[1] 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.

  1. ^ "Name change and rebrand for our rocket site". Shetland Space Centre. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.