08 April 2020
Skyrora restructures its operations to help fight against Covid-19
... help tackle Covid-19 in response to the UK government reaching out to businesses for support. On the same day that Skyrora recently revealed their first batch of hand sanitisers, the company was contacted by Government officials in order to complete...
25 October 2017
Firm announces plan to launch rockets from Scotland
...place in Glasgow, Scotland, this week. Edinburgh-based Skyrora, which is currently developing an orbital launch vehicle and... space projects. Prior to attending the Rispace conference, Skyrora executives visited the Shetland Islands off the north east ...
03 February 2020
“Breakthrough” 3D-printed rocket engine tests completed in Fife
...a high grade fuel made from waste plastics which aims to minimise the environmental impact of rocket launches. Skyrora have developed award-winning technology to convert waste plastics that otherwise would be disposed of in landfill or in oceans into...
05 March 2020
50th Anniversary of Black Arrow's first successful rocket launch
... Britain’s first successful piloted, powered flying machine, British Army Aeroplane No 1A. Volodymyr Levykin, chief executive officer of Skyrora said: “Today, we mark the 50th Anniversary of the UK's Access to Space. The Black Arrow programme was the...
18 July 2018
Boost for UK space sector as Scotland and Cornwall to offer spaceport facilities
... Industrial strategy,” said UK Science Minister Sam Gyimah. Also hoping to capitalise on the development of the spaceport is Skyrora, who announced at the airshow that it will begin its engine testing programme at Cornwall Airport Newquay’s rocket...
19 June 2020
New US-UK agreement boosts UK’s spaceport plans
... importance of the UK as a launching state and thus investment from government to promote its own launch industry sector, e.g., Skyrora, Orbex, Reaction Engines, Rocket Plane, Spaceport Cornwall, Astroscale, etc. The deal would also give European...
