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Skyrora

Scottish rocket company building the Skyrora XL small orbital launcher and the Skylark L suborbital rocket. In 2025 it received the first launch license the UK has granted to a British rocket company.

Products, by altitude

Edge of space · 80–160 km

  • Testing

    Skylark L

    Suborbital rocket that carries experiments past 100 kilometers

Launch · From the pad to orbit

  • In development

    XL

    Planned three-stage rocket for launching small satellites from the UK

Milestones

  • Aug 2025 UK Civil Aviation Authority granted Skyrora a vertical launch operator license for up to 16 Skylark L suborbital launches a year from SaxaVord Spaceport.⁠1

Sources

  1. UK Civil Aviation AuthorityAug 5, 2025
  2. Skyrora

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