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Germany contributed €100,000 to Orbex for Prime in Component A and €1.7 million in Component B.
The UK assigned €10 million for Orbex for Prime in Component A and €11.7 million in Component B.
ESA shortlisted Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, PLD Space, MaiaSpace, and Orbex for the next phase of the European Launcher Challenge.
As of January, four European launchers, including Maiaspace, Orbex, Skyrora, and Rocket Factory Augsburg, were aiming for significant milestone flights in 2025.
Astron Systems, Skyrora, Orbex, and PLD Space have begun booking flights ahead of reaching orbit.
ESA selected five companies to advance on July 7: Isar Aerospace, MaiaSpace, Orbex, PLD Space, and Rocket Factory Augsburg.
ESA selected five companies to advance in the European Launcher Challenge on July 7, 2025: Isar Aerospace, MaiaSpace, Orbex, PLD Space, and Rocket Factory Augsburg.
The Highlands and Islands Enterprise has expressed deep disappointment at Orbex’s decision to switch launch operations from Sutherland to Shetland and remains committed to working with local people to develop a positive future for Melness and the surrounding area.
The Scottish government will ensure that the £14.6 million in public funding and support to Orbex to develop the Sutherland site is accounted for.
The Scottish government provided £14.6 million in public funding and support to Orbex to develop the Sutherland site.
Orbex expects the decision to switch operations to help it reach first launch in 2025 and to provide SaxaVord with another customer to strengthen its commercial proposition.
Orbex is a UK-based spaceflight company with headquarters, production, and testing facilities in Scotland and design and testing facilities in Denmark.
Orbex will retain its lease to build and operate a spaceport at Sutherland to preserve flexibility to increase launch capacity in the future.
Orbex has won more than a dozen research and development contracts from the UK Space Agency, the European Space Agency, and the European Commission Horizon 2020 program.
Orbex completed the years-long approval process for the Sutherland launch site in 2023.
Orbex indicated that the move to SaxaVord will free up resources to accelerate its goal of achieving first launch in 2025.
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.
Orbex received 5,600,000 EUR in Boost! funding for integrated testing of its Orbex Prime launch vehicle.
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.