18 July 2018
Boost for UK space sector as Scotland and Cornwall to offer spaceport facilities
...with an initial investment of £23.5 million. A further £5.5 million will go to British company Orbex to build an innovative new rocket for launch from the Scottish site. Orbex’s orbital launch vehicle, called Prime, will deliver small satellites into...
03 August 2018
Space activity at Farnborough FIA 2018
...to a £26.5 m award to Lockheed Martin and £4.2m to Orbex to commence satellite launch work at the Sunderland site. Lockheed will... Rocket Lab’s Electron or another small rocket and the Orbex start-up company will develop the small bio propane fuelled “...
12 February 2020
Planning is submitted for Europe’s first vertical launch site
... substantially. Even before the space hub is built, we’ve already received a huge vote of confidence from launch company Orbex, who established a manufacturing facility in Forres just over a year ago. “That’s an indication of the wider economic...
14 January 2022
Eco fuel to power Orbex rocket
... 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...
01 November 2022
NASA contractor to oversee Scottish spaceport construction
... space human exploration programme. Overseeing the construction and operational management of the new spaceport will allow Orbex to streamline the development of the state-of-the-art facility, drafting in industry experts such as Jacobs to help meet...
05 May 2023
Construction begins at UK mainland's first vertical launch spaceport
... of small commercial satellites into Earth's orbit. Uniquely, Orbex Prime is powered by a renewable bio-fuel, Futuria...Kristian von Bengtson, Chief Development Officer and Interim CEO of Orbex, said: "Sutherland represents a new breed of spaceport, for...
