Shetland Space Centre

The Shetland Space Centre (SSC) is a planned spaceport to be located on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, the most northerly of the Shetland Islands. The proposed site is near the RAF Saxa Vord radar station and the settlement of Skaw. It would be used by Lockheed Martin's UK Pathfinder satellite launch system.[1][2][3][4]

Shetland Space Centre
Proposed site on Lamba Ness
LocationLamba Ness, Unst, Shetland, Scotland
Launch history
First launchPlanned: 2021 (2021)
Associated
rockets		Lockheed Martin UK Pathfinder

Plans for three rocket launch pads were submitted by Farningham Planning in January 2021.[5]

The proposed site for the spaceport is on Lamba Ness, on the north east edge of Unst, the most northerly of the inhabited Shetland Islands.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Transfer of Lockheed Martin UKVL Pathfinder Programme to Unst". Shetland Space Centre. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. "Shetland spaceport boosts UK's plans for launch". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. "Shetland space centre plans take step nearer launch". BBC. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  4. "Proposed Development, Rev. E". Shetland Space Centre. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. "Shetland space launch plans submitted". BBC. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

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