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 completed the years-long approval process for the Sutherland launch site in 2023.
Orbex received 5,600,000 EUR in Boost! funding for integrated testing of its Orbex Prime launch vehicle.
ESA extended the Boost! contracts with HyImpulse, Isar Aerospace, Orbex and Rocket Factory Augsburg on 2024-11-19.
Orbex is developing the Orbex Prime launch vehicle for a first launch as soon as 2025.
ESA is extending contracts with HyImpulse, Isar Aerospace, Orbex and Rocket Factory Augsburg worth a combined 44,220,000 EUR through its Boost! program to assist in integrated testing of their launch vehicles.
Orbex is planning to raise funding for a new factory to increase production of the Prime small launch vehicle.
Orbex expects Sutherland Spaceport to be ready in early spring of 2024.
The new factory would allow Orbex to scale up production to 24 Prime vehicles per year.
Orbex's CEO Phil Chambers anticipates a first launch attempt of the Prime small launch vehicle sometime in 2024 but aims for 2025.
Orbex is planning its first launch of its Prime rocket in 2025, capable of placing 180 kilograms into orbit.
The Forres expansion will provide more space for the Orbex team to develop the Orbex Prime rocket.
Orbex received £16.7 million from six backers as it begins its Series D funding round.
Orbex will become the first UK rocket manufacturer to establish a base in London.
Orbex raised an additional $21 million to support the development of its Prime launch vehicle.
Orbex plans to launch the Prime vehicle from Sutherland Spaceport in northern Scotland.
Orbex’s technology platform uses an innovative combustion design and green fuels to provide a reduction in CO2 equivalent emissions.
Orbex received £16.7 million from six backers in an update to its Series C funding round.
Orbex is expanding its manufacturing and aims to complete its Sutherland Spaceport 2024.
Phillip Chambers invested in Orbex’s £40 million Series C funding round in 2022.
The Scottish National Investment Bank provided a £10.5 million follow-on investment in Orbex’s Series C funding round.