Today 2025 December9 (Tue) 01:26 Etc/GMT-9

2026/01/01~2026/01/02

(NET) Prime • Test Flight

An Orbex Prime rocket will launch on its first test flight from the new Space Hub Sutherland on the Scottish A'Mhoine peninsula. It will be a dedicated launch for Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, to put an experimental payload into orbit. Also aboard is the Faraday 2b experiments platform of ~80kg of launch mass. Prime is a two stage rocket powered by six bio-propane fueled engines on the first stage and one vacuum-optimized engine on the second stage. - Delayed from late 2022, Q2, late 2023, late 2024 and September.

📍 SaxaVord Spaceport, Haroldswick, Unst ZE2 9TJ, Vereinigtes Königreich