Incredible news from Orbex Space! A full-scale prototype of the world's most environmentally friendly rocket, set to be the first-ever vertical rocket launch to orbit from UK soil. This is a remarkable step for the UK's launch sector and a pioneering move in sustainability

Thanks to Jack SpacePrintsGB for my #OrbexPrime model

Fantastic to have spacehubsutherland meet with NASA Administrator and Space Shuttle Astronaut Bill Nelson in Edinburgh. Building the foundations for collaboration between us "we'll go farther, together". HIE #ScotlandIsNow

Head on over to orbex.space to have a look at their newly updated website which has up to date info on all things rocket and spaceport orientated! Orbex Space

Super excited. The space hub Sutherland team will be at Farnborough tomorrow. Come visit us at the Scottish pavilion stand.

Farnborough '22 off to a great start today. Never more glad to be under the air con! What a day, I'm buzzing. We're in hall 4,please pop in! Space Scotland HIE Stuart Black

So if you are at farnborough today we’d love to see you. Pop over to the Scottish pavilion and say hello.

It's Day 4 of #FIA2022! Come and say hello at the UK Space Pavilion in the Space Zone, at stand 4505. 🚀🛰️ UK European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake joined us on the stand earlier in the week. 👨‍🚀👇

For the Orbex supporters and space merch collectors among you, here are a few of the Orbex branded accessories that you can buy from our online shop, available via the link on our website orbex.space #keyrings #pens #spacemerch #spacecollector #shoporbex

Excellent work by everyone on the #Scotland stand #FarnboroughAirShow Thanks to all partners and visitors. Exciting times ahead for the #Space sector here HIE Scottish Enterprise Scottish Development International Space Scotland National Manufacturing Institute Scotland UK Space Agency

Thrilled to meet with HIE Chief Executive Stuart Black for our regular catch up on HIE’s work across the region. Some great work going on with major projects supporting our space sector and plans to make the most of the opportunities renewables will bring to the region.

We are delighted to announce that we are hiring an additional 50 people over the next 6 months – new team members will be part of company's final push to prepare for the first vertical rocket launch from UK soil. Find out more about the new roles here: ow.ly/7JkQ50Kq0wV

We're at #IAC2022 this week, which brings together the global space industry. 🛰️🚀 Our CEO Paul Bate speaks from #IAC2022 about showcasing UK space to the world. 👇

We are delighted to announce that we have secured £40.4 million in our Series C funding round led by the The Scottish National Investment Bank, allowing us to scale up our resources as we count down to the first vertical launch from UK soil. Read more about the funding round: ow.ly/Ik9c50Lc905

“The funding round is the 3rd major funding round of the company called the Series C, it’s a substantial amount of money for the company & it also unlocks other funding sources for us that will give us around $100 million to deploy in the next couple of years.” Chris Larmour, CEO

JUST IN: Orbex Space has announced that it is moving forward with plans to build and operate its own vertical launch site. europeanspaceflight.com/orbex-to-begin…

.Orbex Space has signed a lease with HIE to build and operate spacehubsutherland in partnership with Jacobs insider.co.uk/news/orbex-lea…

Space is vital for solving some of the biggest challenges we face, including climate change. 🛰️ As #COP27 kicks off, see how the UK space sector is collaborating globally to help protect our planet. 🌍 #TogetherForImplementation | ukcop26.org COP26

This year we have continued to deliver our capital investment programme by installing 2 new huge CNC machines in Copenhagen & Forres. These extend our machine shop facility which already includes large-scale, high-precision 3D printing, depowdering & CNC capabilities.

That's Commercial Space Week at a close. Spent the rest of the day at the HQ of Florida based Precision Fabrication & Cleaning, talking about opportunities to invest in Scotland with Scottish Development International