...-time presence at the Harwell Space Campus in Oxford, England beginning this year. Designed and developed by UK-based Orbex, the Orbex Prime launch vehicle offers a payload capacity of 150kg to Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO), ideally suited for a broad...
... to investigate and perfect the carbon fibre blend used in the patented construction of its Prime rocket. Thanks to its choice of design and materials, Orbex Prime will be 30 per cent lighter than similar sized rockets, allowing acceleration from...
... further reduces the tank volume required. As a result, the Prime vehicle is claimed to be 30 percent lighter and 20 percent more efficient than other small satellite launchers. Orbex is partnering with Calor for supply of the bio-propane fuel...
... the world's most environmentally friendly space rocket. A recent study by the UK’s University of Exeter found that a single Orbex Prime launch would produce up to 96 percent lower emissions than a similar-sized launch vehicle powered by fossil fuels...
... peat land that have degraded over centuries. Uniquely, the new Orbex Prime rocket is powered by a renewable biofuel, Futuria Liquid Gas, ...of Exeter showed that a single launch of the Orbex Prime rocket will produce 96 per cent lower carbon emissions ...
...compelling examples of this evolving sector.” Conceived and developed as an environmentally sustainable launch system, the Orbex Prime rocket uniquely uses bio-propane, a renewable biofuel that cuts CO2 emissions by 90 percent compared to traditional...