The UK's new spaceport in Shetland will be ready for satellite launches by July, MPs have been told. A number of companies ...

Spaceport on Shetland Islands will be ready for launch by July, MPs told - The Scottish Affairs Committee heard SaxaVord ...

German firm Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) have been awarded the first Launch Operator Licence allowing it to launch rockets from the SaxaVord Spaceport. The licence, granted by the Civil Aviation ...

Britain is set to be the site of Europe’s first rocket launch after the UK regulator granted the first licence of its kind for a vertical take-off. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), a German rocket ...

The UK government has invested £20m in rocket-maker Orbex as it prepares to build and launch from its site in the Shetland ...

Another six rocket companies are planning to launch from the Shetland site, but RFA are furthest ahead ... putting their valuable payload on board. UK company, Orbex, recently announced that ...

The Scottish Affairs Committee is holding a one-off evidence session next week asking the question:  Will a rocket be ...

Orbex is paving the way to launch its first rocket from the Shetland Islands ... a spaceport on the island of Unst in the far north of the UK, is on the site of a former RAF base Credit: SaxaVord ...

A British-made rocket will attempt to reach space from home soil for the first time later this year, with the project going ahead after receiving £20m in taxpayer funding.

If we're being frank, which is how we roll in the Rocket Report, some of Orbex's recent activity does not inspire confidence.

Britain on Wednesday announced a 20 million pound ($24.84 million) investment in space company Orbex to help build an orbital rocket, used to put satellites into orbit, and launch it later this year ...