We believe space should be accessible to everyone, and that starts by making its opportunities real and reachable for young people, no matter where they live.
Whether you’re five or 25, our goal is to spark curiosity and support the journey into a space-enabled future. We’re here to help build a skilled, confident and diverse workforce ready to take on tomorrow’s challenges.
The Fredo Mission Centre
At the heart of our education work is the Fredo Mission Centre — a new digital hub connecting students, teachers and families with space learning in a way that’s engaging, practical and inspiring.
The focus of this project is the real-life jobs and careers that exist at SaxaVord Spaceport and our first series of ‘Fredo’s SaxaVord Adventures’ features many of our staff explaining what their job is and some of the work they get up to each day.
FredoMissionCentre.com brings together everything we offer — including interactive content, educational videos and lesson plans. It’s designed to grow alongside the next generation of scientists, engineers and explorers and we aim to increase the amount of content hosted on this platform.
What’s making the news at Saxavord.
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Orbex moves launch operations to Shetland
SaxaVord Spaceport today welcomes Orbex to its growing stable of clients after the spaceflight company decided to switch its launch operations to...
SaxaVoice 5
The new edition of our newsletter, SaxaVoice, is out now, with information about our plans for the months and years ahead. We aim to produce a new...
SaxaVoice 4 – November 2024
The new edition of our newsletter, SaxaVoice, is out now, with information about our plans for the months and years ahead. Click here to view...
Statement on RFA stage loss
On Monday night our client RFA conducted a full nine-engine test of their first stage on the launch stool at SaxaVord Spaceport. Unfortunately there...
STEM milestone as SaxaVord hosts first schools open day
SaxaVord Spaceport has proudly hosted its inaugural open day for schools as it gears up its STEM activities. Fifty secondary students from...
Europe’s only fully licensed vertical launch spaceport declared open
Preparations for first orbital launch is well underway with the UK Government's investment of £10m finalised. Western Europe’s first fully licenced...
Range licence granted by Civil Aviation Authority
SaxaVord Spaceport has been granted a range control licence by the UK Civil Aviation Authority to enable the company to provide a number of safety...
Eulogy to Jim Salestrom – SaxaVord’s greatest ambassador
The Spaceport journey has been, and continues to be, a rock n roll road trip with fun, banter, challenges, trials and tribulations. Tales of corrupt...
SaxaVord and HyImpulse announce launch plans
SaxaVord Spaceport is planning to host a program of orbital rocket launches by HyImpulse Technologies from late 2025, it was announced today. The...
State-of-the-art facilities
Currently, the site has one operational launch complex, consisting of a launch stool, pad and Integration hangar, where rockets and satellites are integrated. The stool and pad are occupied exclusively by Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA).
A bespoke rocket tracking, telemetry and flight termination system has also been installed on the site.
Two more complexes are under construction, as well as a Mission Management Control Centre to monitor launches.
SaxaVord also provides bespoke facilities for component testing, development and storage.
There is also office space, high-quality accommodation and catering for those close to the launch site.
Once built, the spaceport will support up to 30 launches a year.
