The first rocket launch platform to be built in the UK in over 50 years (Orbex LP1), weighing in excess of 40 tonnes, has made an 80-mile journey from Peterhead to the Orbex test site at Kinloss, located close to our headquarters in Forres. The huge truck complete with Police escort made its way through the amazing Scottish countryside before reaching its final destination.
The new Launch Platform will support the testing of our Prime rocket, a microlauncher that we have designed to transport small satellites weighing around 150kg to low Earth orbit.