Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
| 2027 | 0 | 1 |
| 2028 | 0 | 2 |
| 2029 | 0 | 3 |
| 2030 | 0 | 3 |
| 2031 | 0 | 3 |
| 2032 | 0 | 3 |
| 2033 | 0 | 4 |
| 2034 | 0 | 4 |
| 2035 | 0 | 4 |
| 2036 | 0 | 4 |
| 2037 | 0 | 4 |
| 2038 | 0 | 4 |
| 2039 | 0 | 4 |
| 2040 | 0 | 4 |
| 2041 | 0 | 4 |
1 launch location represented.
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Skyrora XL | LEO | 315 kg | Unknown | Unknown | Skyrora XL |
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
No recent missionsNo launched missions are linked to variants in this family. | ||
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Skyrora XL | Not stated | 0 | Development |
| Year | Location | Launches | Confidence | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 1 | 25% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
| 2027 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 1 | 25% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
| 2028 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 2 | 25% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
| 2029 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 3 | 20% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
| 2030 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 3 | 20% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
| 2031 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 3 | 20% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
| 2032 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 3 | 20% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
| 2033 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
| 2034 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
| 2035 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
| 2036 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
| 2037 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
| 2038 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
| 2039 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
| 2040 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
| 2041 | SaxaVord Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbit... |
Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbital cadence. Site map...
Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbital cadence. Site map...
Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbital cadence. Site map...
Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbital cadence. Site map...
Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbital cadence. Site map...
Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbital cadence. Site map...
Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbital cadence. Site map...
Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbital cadence. Site map...
Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbital cadence. Site map...
Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbital cadence. Site map...
Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbital cadence. Site map...
Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Skyrora licence evidence is for suborbital Skylark L/site access, not demonstrated Skyrora XL orbital cadence. Site map...
Skyrora is developing the Skyrora XL orbital rocket, which is designed to carry payloads of up to 315 kilograms to low Earth orbit.
Skyrora is developing Skyrora XL as a three-stage rocket about twice as tall as Skylark L for placing payloads into orbits between 500 and 1,0 m.
Skyrora XL’s first-stage engines produce 70 kilonewtons of thrust each and use turbopumps.
Skyrora is close to manufacturing Skyrora XL’s first stage and is preparing to integrate the engines for a vertical fire test by mid-2025.
Skyrora is developing the three-stage Skyrora XL orbital launcher that uses kerosene/HTP.
Skyrora XL is a three-stage rocket using 3D-printed engines designed to place payloads weighing up to 315 kg into sun-synchronous orbit.
Skyrora is working toward a first orbital launch of the Skyrora XL in 2023.
Skyrora XL is a three-stage, small-class launch vehicle intended to place payloads into Sun-Synchronous Orbit between 500 km and 1,0 m in altitude with a maximum payload of 350 kg to LEO.
Maritime Launch Services and Skyrora signed a Letter of Intent to launch the Skyrora XL from Spaceport Nova Scotia in Canada.
Skyrora is developing Skyrora XL, a three-stage rocket designed to place payloads weighing up to 315 kg into sun-synchronous orbit.
Skyrora indicated it could be ready to launch Skyrora XL by the second quarter of 2023 given its current pace of technical development.
Skyrora is developing Skylark L, a suborbital sounding rocket intended to test technologies for Skyrora XL.
Skyrora is developing the Skyrora XL orbital launch vehicle and plans to operate from SaxaVord Spaceport.
Skyrora received £2.5 million in March 2021 in grant funding as part of the UK’s investment into the European Space Agency’s Boost! initiative to complete development of the Skyrora XL launch vehicle.
Skyrora is developing the three-stage Skyrora XL launch vehicle designed to carry up to 315 kg to sun-synchronous and polar orbits up to 1,0 m above Earth.
Skyrora plans to develop a 70 kN engine to be installed on the first and second stages of its commercial-class orbital vehicle Skyrora XL.