The first 'vertical' rocket launch from UK soil will finally go ahead this year from SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst, the northernmost of the Shetland Islands. The 100ft RFA One launch vehicle ...

Shetland, or the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago around 170km ... and in its north are the North Isles of Yell, Fetlar and Unst, which is Britain’s northernmost island.

The first vertical rocket spaceport in Western Europe will be in the UK, based in Unst in the Shetland Islands, ITV News' Alex Iszatt reports Space exploration has seen a revival in the past few ...

A general view of the spaceport site in Unst on the Shetland Islands. Picture: SaxaVord/PA Wire Graham Hughson, Yell Tunnel Action Group (YTAG) chairman, said: "This project seeks to lay the ...

A site in the Shetland Islands has become the UK's first spaceport for vertical rocket launches. SaxaVord Spaceport on the small island of Unst has been given approval from the Civil Aviation ...

SaxaVord Spaceport, being built on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, Shetland, will host the launches ... motors qualification testing also on the islands. “We are looking forward to carrying ...

“This financial support is a truly positive demonstration of how the islands’ business community view the potential connection of Unst and Yell to the Shetland mainland by subsea tunnels.

Shetland Islands Council has secured a meeting with ... The project envisages four tunnels - from the mainland to Yell; Yell to Unst; the mainland to Whalsay; and the mainland to Bressay.