15 June 2020
Skyrora hits a milestone with suborbital rocket launch
... in Shetland. Edinburgh-based Skyrora successfully launched its Skylark Nano rocket from remote land, the Fethaland Peninsula ... successfully completed a full static fire test on their Skylark-L launch vehicle. Volodymyr Levykin, CEO Skyrora, said:...
October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
...’s team of engineers started by studying Britain’s past rocket programmes, the Black Arrow orbital launcher and the Skylark and Petrel sounding rockets. They have since built upon those proven technologies with many modern...
20 May 2020
Skyrora completes first UK ground rocket test in 50 years
...Kildemorie Estate in North Scotland earlier this month, saw Skylark-L perform all actions of a launch while restrained ... burned, with all vehicle systems showing nominal operation.” Skylark-L is a bi-liquid propellent launch vehicle that is capable...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
... to the beginnings of the Space Age Space-related highlights include Black Arrow and Black Knight rockets, a Skylark sounding rocket, a variety of Australian sounding rockets and a Jabiru hypersonic research rocket. Of particular interest are the...
June 2017
Spaceplane rationale - a new way of thinking
... Director of Bristol Spaceplanes Ltd, an innovative small company developing the Ascender spaceplane. He was involved in Concorde, the Skylark sounding rocket, and missile and electronic warfare projects at Douglas Aircraft and BAE Systems, and has...
October 2019
Time to overcome the expendable rocket mindset
... worked as an aerodynamicist, project engineer and project manager on various aerospace projects, including the DC-8, DC-10, Concorde, the Skylark sounding rocket and various naval missile and electronic warfare systems at Douglas Aircraft (now part...
