{"id":15542,"date":"2026-09-08T08:05:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T08:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=15542"},"modified":"2026-09-08T08:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T08:05:55","slug":"shetland-spaceport-given-30m-towards-lift-off-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=15542","title":{"rendered":"Shetland spaceport given \u00a330m towards lift-off \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <\/p>\n<p>Saxavord spaceport aims to launch commercial rockets<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Scotland\u2019s spaceport on the Shetland island of Unst has moved closer to its first commercial rocket launch after receiving \u00a330 million as part of the UK government\u2019s space strategy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">SaxaVord\u00a0Spaceport, a former RAF radar station, has been turned into the UK\u2019s first licensed, vertical launch spaceport. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It will benefit from \u00a37.8 billion being invested across the space sector up to 2030 to strengthen the UK\u2019s ability to launch satellites. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told PA Media: \u201cAs space becomes a new frontier of economic and military competition, this plan will help keep Britain secure by strengthening our ability to launch satellites, detect threats and protect the services people rely on every day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt the same time, this plan will enable our excellent UK industry to seize the boundless opportunities of this new age in space, creating skilled jobs, driving growth and improving connectivity for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">German company Rocket Factory Augsburg is working towards the first vertical orbital test flight from UK soil, while HyImpulse is preparing for a sub-orbital launch campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">SaxaVord chief executive Scott Hammond described the announcement as a \u201csignificant vote of confidence in SaxaVord\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander said Scotland already builds more satellites than anywhere else in Europe, and with a \u00a330 million\u00a0UK Government\u00a0investment boost, SaxaVord is now poised to deliver up to three-quarters of the continent\u2019s orbital launch slots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daily Business Bulletin:\u00a0Subscribe here for our free morning bulletin of breaking news<\/p>\n<p>           \t            #Shetland #spaceport #30m #liftoff #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saxavord spaceport aims to launch commercial rockets Scotland\u2019s spaceport on the Shetland island of Unst&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[5519,272,306,20931,20930,15949,20237],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}