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.
Vehicle
Orbex Prime
Prime
Height
19 m
Diameter
1.3 m
LEO capacity
0 kg
Successful launches
0
Launch complex
Unknown Pad
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.
