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RFA One | Maiden Flight

December 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC

SaxaVord Spaceport

RFA One | Maiden Flight launch image
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Launch details

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December 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC

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Launch Pad Fredo

SaxaVord Spaceport · 60.8174, -0.7626

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Rocket
RFA One
Launch site
Launch Pad Fredo

SaxaVord Spaceport

Launch probability
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December 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC
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July 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM UTC

Mission description

First flight of the RFA One launch vehicle. Will carry 7 satellites for various companies and organizations coordinated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). * AllBertEinStein * ARTICA * Curium Two * ERMINAZ * PCIOD * Separation Ring Mission * SpaceDREAM

Vehicle

RFA One

One

Height

30 m

Diameter

2 m

LEO capacity

1,600 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

Reverted back to NET 2026 due to launch vehicle testing delays.

July 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

NET August.

July 8, 2026 at 5:09 AM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

NET summer 2026.

March 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

NET Q4 2025.

August 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

NET Q3 2025.

January 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin