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Orbex
Orbex Prime | Maiden Flight
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Mission
Maiden Flight
Test Flight
Unknown
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.
Status
To Be Determined
Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.
Pad
Location
Europe/London
SaxaVord Spaceport
SaxaVord Spaceport is a UK spaceport located on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, the most northerly of the inhabited Shetland Islands off the coast of Scotland. The site is near the RAF Saxa Vord radar station and the settlement of Skaw, adjacent to the Saxa Vord distillery.
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Rocket
Orbex Prime
Prime is a 2 stage orbital launch vehicle manufactured and operated by Orbex to provide launches for small satellites to low Earth orbits.
Details
Min stage: 2
Max stage: 2m
Length: 19.0m
Diameter: 1.3
Pending launches: 1
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