Maiden flight of Orbex's Prime rocket from Sutherland Spaceport. This flights marks the first vertical orbital launch attempt from the United Kingdom, and the first orbital launch attempt from Scotland.
Prime is a 2 stage orbital launch vehicle manufactured and operated by Orbex to provide launches for small satellites to low Earth orbits.
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"The idea is to learn as much as we possibly can about this suit."
Orbex, now projecting a 2025 first launch of its small launch vehicle, plans to focus on the small end of the market even as competitors shift to larger rockets.
While UK-based launch startup Orbex is currently focusing on completing the construction of Sutherland Spaceport and launching the maiden flight of its microlauncher Prime, the company is already looking forward to what comes next. Orbex i…
British microlauncher startup Orbex unveiled a full-scale prototype May 11 of what it hopes will be the first-ever vertical rocket launched to orbit from British soil.
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