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Skyrora XL | Maiden flight

December 31, 2027 at 12:00 AM UTC

SaxaVord Spaceport

Skyrora XL | Maiden flight launch image
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December 31, 2027 at 12:00 AM UTC

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Launch Pad Fredo

SaxaVord Spaceport · 60.8174, -0.7626

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Launch Pad Fredo

SaxaVord Spaceport

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November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM UTC

Mission description

First flight of the Skyrora XL launch vehicle

Vehicle

Skyrora XL

XL

Height

22.7 m

Diameter

2.2 m

LEO capacity

0 kg

Successful launches

0

Launch complex

Launch Pad Fredo

SaxaVord Spaceport

SaxaVord Spaceport is a UK spaceport located on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, the most northerly of the inhabited Shetland Islands off the coast of Scotland. The site is near the RAF Saxa Vord radar station and the settlement of Skaw, adjacent to the Saxa Vord distillery.

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Mission updates

NET early 2027 (as of August 2025).

November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

NET 2025.

October 22, 2024 at 10:43 AM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Adding launch TBD 2023

November 19, 2022 at 12:11 PM UTC · Nosu