05 May 2023
Construction begins at UK mainland's first vertical launch spaceport
... the journey to LEO, allowing the release of its payload of small commercial satellites into Earth's orbit. Uniquely, Orbex Prime is powered by a renewable bio-fuel, Futuria Liquid Gas, supplied by Calor UK. This fuel allows the rocket to reduce...
10 December 2020
Orbex secures $24 million funding round for Scottish space launch
...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...
13 December 2023
Orbex awarded £3.3 million as part of ESA initiative
.... Sustainability is also a core driver in the design of the company’s advanced, low-carbon, high-performance micro-launcher, Orbex Prime, a 19-metre-tall rocket designed to launch small satellites into polar and sun-synchronous orbits. It has been...
21 August 2020
Scottish spaceport formally approved by Highland Council
... its first launch as early as 2022. HIE has partnered with British-based startup Orbex Space, who plan to fly their Orbex Prime rocket from Sutherland. Orbex is one of a number of British companies vying to restore the UK's orbital launch capability...
