Orbex Space is a UK-based, private launch services company focused on serving the small satellite industry. They are developing the Orbex Prime, a micro-launch vehicle designed for low-Earth orbit satellite deployment, utilizing innovative and sustainable bio-propane fuel. While initially planning to launch from Sutherland Spaceport, Orbex has shifted its launch operations to SaxaVord Spaceport. Orbex's key partners and customers include the UK Space Agency, the European Space Agency, and companies like Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and Astrocast.
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Orbex is developing the two-stage Prime microlauncher powered by 3D-printed rocket engines and designed to carry payloads of up to 150 kg to low Earth orbit.
Orbex secured $24,000,000 in December 2020 in a funding round led by BGF and Octopus Ventures.
Orbex and its partners received €7.45 million in co-funding from Boost!, the largest Boost! award to date.
The European Space Agency awarded UK-based launch startups Orbex and Skyrora a combined €10.45 million to support development of competing microlaunchers.
AMCM will deliver a complete printing suite to Orbex that includes post-processing machinery and Machine Vision systems for automatic imaging-based inspection of printed components.
Orbex is expanding its factory floor space by an additional 1,000 m² to accommodate the new 3D printing machinery.
AMCM will deliver a complete printing suite to Orbex that includes post-processing machinery and Machine Vision automatic imaging-based inspection systems.
Orbex secured $24,000,000 in a funding round led by BGF and Octopus Ventures.
Orbex’s Prime rocket is fueled by bio-propane, a renewable fuel that reduces CO2 emissions by 90% compared to kerosene-based fuels.
Orbex’s 19-metre microlauncher is designed to deliver smallsats into polar orbits around the Earth.
Orbex secured $24,000,000 in a funding round led by BGF and Octopus Ventures.
Orbex is expanding its factory floor space by an additional 1,000 m² to accommodate the new 3D printing machinery.
Prime, Orbex’s commercial rocket, is fueled by bio-propane, a renewable fuel that reduces CO2 emissions by 90 percent compared to kerosene-based fuels.
Orbex's Forres facility opened in 2019.
Orbex will expand the factory floor space of its development facility in Forres, Scotland by 1,000 square meters to accommodate the 3D printer and associated equipment.
Orbex raised $24,000,000 in December.
Orbex commissioned AMCM on 2021-02-24 to build a large-volume 3D printer for manufacturing its rocket engines.
Orbex’s 2020-12-09 funding round included a 2,500,000 EUR grant from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program to support technology development.
TriSept previously purchased a dedicated rideshare launch on Orbex’s Prime rocket under an agreement reached in January.
Orbex plans to launch its Prime vehicle for the first time in 2022.