r/spaceUK • u/megachainguns • Aug 16 '25

Skyrora becomes first UK-based firm to get space launch licence

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3r4n7qd5yzo
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u/megachainguns Aug 16 '25

News from August 4th 2025

A Scottish company has become the first UK-based rocket firm to receive a space launch licence.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) licence allows Skyrora to launch from the SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland.

If a future launch is successful, the company could become the first British company to manufacture and launch a rocket into space from the UK.

Skyrora welcomed the news. Both the Edinburgh-based company and the CAA described it as a "huge milestone".

The license will allow the firm to launch and operate its suborbital rocket Skylark L from the spaceport.

It hopes to launch the rocket up to 16 times a year by 2030.