08 February 2019
New Orbex rocket revealed
... final leg of their journey into polar or sun-synchronous orbit from the planned Moine Spaceport in Sutherland, on Scotland’s north coast. The stage is topped by a disposable split payload fairing to protect the cargo of satellites during launch...
05 May 2023
Construction begins at UK mainland's first vertical launch spaceport
...'s leading space nation by 2030.” Orbex is a UK-based spaceflight company with headquarters, production and testing facilities in Scotland, and design and testing facilities in Denmark. Photo (from left): Richard Lochhead, Minister for Small Business...
23 October 2020
Shetland spaceport boosts UK's plans for launch
...spaceport site could support a total of 605 jobs in Scotland including 140 locally and 210 across the wider Shetland region....high-skilled jobs. The potential to have multiple spaceports in Scotland demonstrates the scale of our ambition, and I want to...
07 August 2020
UK space launch sector builds foundation for collaborative future
..., Maritime and Coastguard Agency, the Scottish Government and Marine Scotland - were also present as observers. The UK space industry.... Sub-orbital rocket launches have been taking place in Scotland and across the UK since the 1930s. The 21st ...
21 November 2019
Orbex opens doors to Europe’s most modern rocket factory
... first launch, Orbex has already secured multiple commercial agreements to take small satellites into orbit from Scotland. These include agreements with SSTL, the world’s leading manufacturer of small satellites and Astrocast, which is building...
03 February 2020
“Breakthrough” 3D-printed rocket engine tests completed in Fife
...to aiding in a moon mission. Skyrora is aiming to be the first UK-based company to fire a rocket into space from Scotland, which will be used to position a payload of satellites into separate orbits of up to 500 kilometres altitude. Volodymyr Levykin...
