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Orbex Space - Prime

Launcher name	Prime
Launcher status	Development
First launch	2024
Launch delay	First announced launch: 2021
Launches	0
Performance	150 kg
Launch type	Land
Propellant type	Liquid, Propane
Reusability	Development
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Company	Orbex Space (Orbital Launch Express)
Oneliner	Orbex has developed one of the most advanced, low carbon, high performance micro-launch vehicles in the world, Orbex Prime.
Notes	Elecnor Deimos will develop the GNC (Guidance, Navigation and Control) and FDIR (Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery) systems with critical design review schedules for the end of 2021 in the framework of the ESA Boost! award. Orbex CEO resigned in April 2023 without announcing a permanent replacement.
Funding	$110M
Country	UK
Founded	2015
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Last modified: 2023-08-21

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