Maiden flight

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Launch Pad Fredo SaxaVord Spaceport

First flight of the Skyrora XL launch vehicle

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 14, 2025, 1:49 p.m.

NET early 2027 (as of August 2025).


Cosmic_Penguin • Oct. 22, 2024, 10:43 a.m.

NET 2025.


Nosu • Nov. 19, 2022, 12:11 p.m.

Adding launch TBD 2023


Skyrora XL

Family:
Configuration: XL

The Skyrora XL is a three-stage orbital launch vehicle under development with nine hydrogen peroxide–kerosene engines of the same type used in Skylark L.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    22.7 m
  • Diameter
    2.2 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    2.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    56.0 T
  • Thrust
    70.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Skyrora XL
  • Family
  • Variant
    XL
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Skyrora XL
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    315.0 kg

Skyrora

Skyrora

(SKR)

CEO: Volodymyr Lvykin Founded: 2017 Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 1

Agency Type:

Skyrora Ltd is a private space company based in the United Kingdom since 2017.

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