Orbit Boy, founded in 2021, is a UK-based company developing an on-demand air-launch system for microsatellites. This system utilizes a horizontal launch approach, where a rocket is airdropped from a standard transport aircraft to deliver payloads of up to 200 kg into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Orbit Boy collaborates with companies like Yuzhmash and aims to offer flexible and rapid launch services from various locations, marketing itself as the "Uber of Space".
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Orbit Boy has established collaboration with Italian partners and plans to use an abandoned military base in Comiso, Sicily for launches.
Orbit Boy’s planned air-launch profile places the rocket inside the plane, performs an airdrop at an altitude of 10,0 m, and does not mount the rocket under the wing.