Scottish Highlands-based Orbex secures fresh £6m loan as Britain steps up space race
Scottish Highlands-based Orbex secures fresh £6m loan as Britain steps up space race
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Orbex delays mission to 2026 after receiving £20m taxpayer investment
Skyrora’s licence to lift off from Shetland will help the UK ‘cement itself as a global player in the space race’
The potential sale of the Scottish rocket start-up Orbex shows the gap between rhetoric and reality
Government-backed rocket maker in administration with £49mn in debt after sale discussions with Europe’s TEC fail
Funds worldwide will now have to buy shares in Sir Peter Beck's firm.
Germany's Isar Aerospace has raised €270M to build 40 rockets a year & a second launchpad, with a make-or-break orbital launch…
