Scots nature agency s concerns for seabirds from space centre plan Scotland’s natural heritage agency has raised concerns for important seabird colonies from a proposed space centre in Shetland. NatureScot is to insist that managers of the proposed spaceport in Shetland does not carry out rocket launches during the breeding season fearing that without that protected populations on the island of Unst could disappear. The plan is for the space centre to be be used by Lockheed Martin s UK Pathfinder satellite launch system and it would enable up to 30 launches per year. It follows the UK Space Agency approving Lockheed Martin’s plan to use a £23.5m grant to move its UK Pathfinder Launch to the most northerly inhabited island in Scotland as part of the UK’s spaceflight programme.
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FULL plans for Shetland Space Centreâs (SSC) satellite launch facility and associated infrastructure have now been submitted to the council in what is a major milestone for the project.
The team behind SSC say the creation of a space launch facility in Unst will âresult in hundreds of new jobs and significantly boost the local economyâ.
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The plans, submitted to Shetland Islands Council, take the form of three separate but related planning applications, including the launch site at Lamba Ness.
The use of the fuel storage facility at Ordale Airport at Baltasound and significant improvements to the launch siteâs approach roads also feature in the submissions.