This proposal is for a Temporary change to the notified airspace design, for which a scaled airspace change process applies and a change level is not applicable.
This ACP request is directly linked to ACP-2021-12 Spaceport 1 Scolpaig North Uist and therefore the statement of need is applicable to both. There is a commercial demand to launch sounding rockets this year from the Spaceport 1 site at Scolpaig. ACP-2021-12 will not be completed in time to meet this demand therefore there is a requirement to provide a temporary airspace solution to segregate sounding rocket activity from other airspace users. This additional ACP is requesting a temporary airspace change over the Scolpaig launch site consisting of a small fillet of segregated airspace connecting the launch site with the QinetiQ managed MOD Hebrides Range EG D701 complex. The fillet of airspace, in the form of a temporary danger area, could then be activated by NOTAM when required for sounding rocket launches. Such launches are likely to be infrequent and may only require a small number of the EG D701 areas to be activated, thereby minimising the impact on other airspace users. The airspace will be managed by QinetiQ in the same manner as the Hebrides Range airspace.
