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Scotland loses a Spaceport

December 9, 2024

Orbex, a main contractor and backer of the Sutherland, Scotland spaceport is moving its activity to rival Scottish launch site at SaxaVord in the Shetland Isles. Orbex says it has […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Construction, Contract Amendment, Orbex, Public Investment Fund (PIF), SaxaVord Spaceport, Scotland, Shetland (UK), Statement, United Kingdom (UK)

Orbex starting development of medium sized launch vehicle + operations going to SaxaVord

December 8, 2024

Spaceflight company Orbex is to focus its operations exclusively on developing small and medium sized space rockets after switching its launch operations to SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland. The company has […]

Filed Under: "20 Under 35", Launch Vehicle, Medium Launch Vehicle, Medium-Lift Launch Vehicle, Orbex, Orbex Prime, Prime launch vehicle, Proxima Launch Vehicle (Orbex), SaxaVord Spaceport, Shetland (UK), United Kingdom (UK)

Rocket manufacturer Orbex launches the first base in London and expands Scotland’s headquarters

July 23, 2024

Orbital launch services company, Orbex, is to set up a base in London while also expanding its headquarters in Scotland. Orbex will become the first UK rocket manufacturer to establish […]

Filed Under: Debris Tracking, Facility Expansion, Financial Strategy, Headquarters, Hub, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), On-Orbit Debris, Orbex, Orbex Prime, Pre-Launch Preparations, Prime, Rocket Manufacturing, Scotland, Series D Funding Round, Spaceport

Orbex secures reusable rocket tech patent and gains ESA Flight Ticket Initiative position

April 2, 2024

Orbex, the only UK owned orbital launch services and rocket manufacturing company, has successfully patented its REFLIGHT reusable rocket technology following patent approval in several European markets as well as […]

Filed Under: European Patent Office, LEO, Low Velocity Landings, Micro-Launcher, Orbex, Orbex Prime, Patent Award, Prime, Prime launch vehicle, Reusable Rocket, SmallSat, Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Launch Vehicles, Smallsat Markets, smallsats, Sutherland Spaceport, U.S. Patent Office

Orbex secures international patent for coaxial rocket fuel tanks

February 21, 2024

Orbex has been granted an international patent across more than a dozen countries to protect the firm’s coaxial tanking technology, which nests the main rocket fuel tank within the main […]

Filed Under: Bio-Propane Rocket Fuel, Coaxial Tanking Technology (Orbex), Orbex, Orbex Prime, Rocket Development, Rocket Engine, Rocket Engine Production, Rocket Manufacturing, ROcket Motor, Rocket Propulsion, Rocket Testing, Smallsat Launch Vehicles

Orbex appoints new CCO

December 8, 2023

Orbex has appointed John Bone as the company’s new Chief Commercial Officer — this key appointment comes as Orbex advances its preparations for the launch of Orbex Prime, expected to […]

Filed Under: Appointments, Business Moves, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Executive, Orbex, Orbex Prime, United Kingdom (UK)

Orbex’s facilities’ footprint expands 30% for UK mainland’s first vertical rocket launch

July 11, 2023

UK-based spaceflight company, Orbex, has extended its footprint by over thirty percent across its Scottish and Danish design and production facilities, in preparation for the launch of its Prime rocket.  […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Carbon Emissions, Debris Mitigation, Denmark, Europe, Expansion, Funding, Launch Vehicle, Manufacturing, Microlauncher, Orbex, Orbex Prime, Reusable Rocket, Scotland, Software, Space Debris Management, Space Sustainability, Sutherland Spaceport, UK Space Agency Tagged With: Featured

Arianespace + Orbex to explore European launch partnership

June 14, 2023

Arianespace and Orbex have signed an MoU to study possible, future cooperation to answer customers’ requirements. The agreement aims to increase the joint capabilities and flexibility of both partners’ services. […]

Filed Under: Arianespace, Launch, LEO Payloads, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Orbex, Orbex Prime, Smallsat Launch Vehicles, Sutherland Spaceport

Construction starts at Sutherland Spaceport in Scotland

May 7, 2023

Orbex has announced that construction has started at Sutherland Spaceport (formerly known as Space Hub Sutherland) in Scotland, making this the first vertical launch spaceport to be built on the […]

Filed Under: Construction, Highlands and Islands Enterprise [Scotland], Orbex, Prime launch vehicle, Scotland, Smallsat Launch Vehicles, Sutherland Spaceport

Orbex launches largest internship program in their build-up to the UK’s 1st mainland vertical rocket launch

April 24, 2023

Orbex is planning to launch the firm’s biggest internship program to date. The program aims to welcome as many as a dozen new interns, making it the largest cohort of […]

Filed Under: Denmark, Internship Program, Launch, Launch Facilities, Launch Vehicle, Orbex, Prime, Scotland, SmallSat, Smallsat Launch Vehicles, Sutherland Spaceport

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