Space Hub Sutherland, also known as UK Vertical Launch (UKVL) Sutherland, is a planned spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland. It aims to be one of the UK's first vertical launch-capable spaceports, operated commercially. The facility intends to support launches into polar and sun-synchronous orbits, with the Orbex Prime launch vehicle as a primary user. As of December 2024, the project has been put on hold.
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Space Hub Sutherland in northern Scotland is being developed to host launches by Orbex.
Orbex plans to launch Prime initially from Space Hub Sutherland, a launch site under development in northern Scotland.
Orbex plans to launch Prime from Space Hub Sutherland in the north of Scotland.
The Space Hub Sutherland site is slated to host the Scottish-manufactured Orbex Prime low-carbon-fuel rocket.
The U.K. Space Agency announced in July 2018 that Lockheed Martin and Orbex would be the first customers of the Space Hub Sutherland spaceport.
Lockheed Martin received $31,000,000 in support related to the Space Hub Sutherland development.
Orbex received $7,000,000 in support related to the Space Hub Sutherland development.
Orbex’s Prime small launch vehicle will launch the Faraday-2b satellite in 2022 from the Space Hub Sutherland spaceport in northern Scotland.