Orbex: Rocket-maker secures £20m investment from UK government ahead of take off Business The UK government has invested £20m in rocket-maker Orbex as it prepares to build and launch from its site in the Shetland Islands. The injection of funding is expected to help back Orbex’s Prime, the first UK-manufactured and UK-launched orbital rocket. Prime is scheduled to take off towards the end of this year at the [...]
‘The race is on!’: British aerospace firm Orbex ready for liftoff after opening London office Tech Demand for satellites is rapidly increasing, with a shift from a few stationary ones to thousands in low Earth orbit, where much higher speed communication is possible
