{"id":56171,"date":"2026-07-07T18:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/rocket-test-flight-could-be-attempted-from-shetland-in-august\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:26:12","slug":"rocket-test-flight-could-be-attempted-from-shetland-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/rocket-test-flight-could-be-attempted-from-shetland-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket test flight could be attempted from Shetland in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Temporary traffic orders would be in place in north Unst to handle visitors trying to see a launch, and residents have been invited to apply for vehicle passes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Scott Hammond, chief executive of SaxaVord Spaceport, said: &#8220;A five-week launch window does not mean restrictions will be in place for five weeks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Restrictions will only be introduced if a launch attempt is scheduled, and we&#8217;ll provide at least 24 hours&#8217; notice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hammond said the company aimed to balance operational and safety requirements alongside a commitment to &#8220;being a good neighbour&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added that disruption would be kept to a minimum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Local residents will have the opportunity to gain access to viewing spaces for test flights and launches. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c0my797z90eo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Temporary traffic orders would be in place in north Unst to handle visitors trying to see a launch, and residents have been invited to apply for vehicle passes. Scott Hammond, chief executive of SaxaVord Spaceport, said: &#8220;A five-week launch window does not mean restrictions will be in place for five weeks. &#8220;Restrictions will only be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[4216,1763,2318,1720,997,318],"class_list":["post-56171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science","tag-attempted","tag-august","tag-flight","tag-rocket","tag-shetland","tag-test"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56173,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56171\/revisions\/56173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}