20 June 2023
Orbex teams with Arianespace
... and Orbex, the UK-based provider of small satellite launch services, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...increase the joint capabilities and flexibility of both partners' services and it is expected that future collaboration would be ...
13 December 2023
Orbex awarded £3.3 million as part of ESA initiative
...validation of our commitment to delivering low-carbon, high-performance space launch services in a way that respects the environment. “The development of the Ultra-Green Launch Complex at Sutherland Spaceport is a critical step this journey, and this...
29 September 2020
NanoAvionics launches second satellite for Lacuna Space’s growing IoT satellite constellation
.... For this latest mission, NanoAvionics partnered with Germany-based Exolaunch, which provided the deployer and launch services onboard a Soyuz-2 rocket. Despite the ongoing pandemic, NanoAvionics and Lacuna Space, both based at the UK’s Harwell...
12 January 2021
Skyrora reveal new UK-built vehicle in live test
... journey. Whilst a lot of the space news across the UK has focussed on the country’s move into providing launch services, which would mostly deploy satellites into fixed orbits, very little has been done to develop in-space...
April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
...available on the unrestricted open market. These needed components, systems and other elements, including rocket engines or launch services, may be obtainable from governments or private companies, but are subject to licensing and transfer and export...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
... university project budgets are tight and often require state support. In such a situation, hiring commercial launch services is not an option. Due to technical constraints and limitations on economies of scale, the development and operation costs...
