Maiden Flight
Orbex Prime
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Mission
Maiden Flight
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: 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.
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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.
Rocket
Orbex 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.
Agency
Orbex
Orbex is an aerospace company based in Scotland providing CubeSat launches to low Earth orbits.
