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The title is misleading. SpaceX launched it. The title had me wondering when the UK had suddenly developed a launcher.
by kwhitefoot 2y ago
The title is misleading. SpaceX launched it. The title had me wondering when the UK had suddenly developed a launcher.
- asadhaider 2y agoWe have one recently completed in the Shetland Islands, the SaxaVord Spaceport [0], which has been given approval to do up to 30 launches a year. The UK spaceport guide [2] has more details and a few more planned launch sites. [0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-67741864 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-she... [1] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/643e6a4222ef3b000c66f3d1/Spaceport_brochure_17.4.23.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/643e6a4222ef3...
- _xerces_ 2y agoThat isn't a launcher, just a launchpad.
- asadhaider 2y agoFrom the spaceport guide- Orbex Prime is a microlauncher planned for flight next year with a 180kg payload capacity, this satelite was 150kg. https://orbex.space/launch-vehicle https://orbex.space/launch-vehicle
- mkl 2y agoVirgin Orbit has unsuccessfully tried to launch satellites from the UK [1], so I thought it might have been that, but it turns out they went out of business a couple of months later [2]. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64218883 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64218883 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Orbit