United Kingdom (UK) based spaceflight company Orbex has begun construction at the Sutherland Spaceport in Scotland. Set to host launches of Orbex’s Prime rocket, Sutherland is the UK mainland’s first vertical launch site.
With another vertical-launch site at SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetlands, and Spaceport Cornwall’s horizontal-launch options, the UK is finally ramping up its domestic spaceflight ambitions after decades in the wilderness.
SaxaVord Spaceport has become the second launch facility in the United Kingdom to receive its…
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Plans to launch small satellites from the Scottish Highlands took a step closer to fruition…
The UK’s new domestic spaceport in the Scottish Highlands has moved into a public consultation…
UK launch services provider Orbex has unveiled a completed engineering prototype of the second stage for…
