{"id":680071,"date":"2026-07-08T09:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/680071\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:04:17","slug":"rocket-test-flight-could-be-attempted-from-shetland-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/680071\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket test flight could be attempted from Shetland in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Temporary traffic orders would be in place in north Unst to handle visitors trying to see a launch,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-680071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}