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A University of Exeter study found that a single launch of Orbex Prime will produce 96 percent lower carbon emissions than comparable space launch systems using fossil fuels.
Orbex signed a 50-year sub-lease with Highlands and Islands Enterprise enabling Orbex to direct construction and assume full operational management of the facility on the community-owned Melness Crofters Estate.
Orbex will use Sutherland Spaceport to launch as many as 12 orbital rockets per year for satellite deployment.
Orbex has announced several commercial launch contracts with satellite manufacturers to launch their satellites into orbit directly from Scotland.
Orbex is planning its largest internship program to date for 2023/24 that aims to welcome as many as a dozen new interns.
Teams offering placements during Orbex’s 2023/24 internship program include Assembly Integration and Test (AIT), avionics, propulsion mechanisms, systems engineering, Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC), software, structures, and marketing and administration.
Orbex Prime was unveiled in Europe in May 2022 as the first full orbital microlauncher rocket to be unveiled in Europe.
Orbex secured £40.4 million in a Series C funding round from new and existing investors in 2022-10-01.
Orbex signed an agreement in November 2022 with Highlands and Islands Enterprise for a 10-acre site to build a launch pad capable of hosting up to 12 launches per year.
Orbex raised £40,400,000in a Series C round led by the Scottish National Investment Bank.
Orbex was performing a wide variety of integration tests of Prime ahead of a first launch that was scheduled for some time in 2023.
Chris Larmour led Orbex since its founding in 2015.
Orbex unveiled a prototype of the Prime rocket in May 2022 for testing near its Forres, Scotland headquarters.
Orbex is building a small launch vehicle called Prime designed to place up to 180 kg into low Earth orbit.
Space Hub Sutherland in northern Scotland is being developed to host launches by Orbex.
Orbex is developing a launch vehicle named Prime that is capable of placing up to 180 kg into orbit and plans to launch from the Sutherland spaceport in Scotland.
Munich-based Isar Aerospace and UK-based Skyrora and Orbex are competing with Rocket Factory Augsburg to become the European launch startup to reach orbit and secure clients.
Orbex signed a 50-year sub-lease with Highlands and Islands Enterprise for a spaceport location on community-owned land on the A’ Mhoine peninsula in north-west Sutherland with an option to extend for a further 25 years.
A University of Exeter study showed a single launch of the Orbex Prime rocket will produce 96 percent lower carbon emissions than comparable space launch systems using fossil fuels.
Orbex expects to create up to 40 technical and non-technical full-time equivalent jobs to support operation and maintenance of the site.