Orbex

Flight record

These are launches under Orbex’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library. They don’t count missions or payloads. A spacecraft that flew on someone else’s rocket counts for the operator that flew it.

Operator or customer

An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and the launch schedule filters by operator. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Some organisations are both. Below, Orbex is counted in whichever role the current schedule gives it.

No scheduled flight names Orbex with someone else flying it.

How we count it: a scheduled launch counts as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation is in the launch name, mission name or programme, and someone else is flying it. We don’t search mission descriptions, and we only see the schedule as far as it goes, which is 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z. So treat both counts as a minimum.

About Orbex

Orbex is an aerospace company based in Scotland providing CubeSat launches to low Earth orbits.

Upcoming launches

• Orbex Prime | Maiden Flight

  Orbex Prime · SaxaVord Spaceport

  2020s

  TBDNET DECADEOrbit: LEOVehicle file

The label on each flight says how exact its launch time is. If the date is only known to the month, you’ll see the month and no countdown. A weather go-probability only shows when Launch Library has one for that flight. EveryLaunch doesn’t work it out.

Orbex in the archive

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Common questions

How many launches has Orbex flown?

Orbex hasn't flown any launches under its own name. It has 1 scheduled.

What is Orbex's success rate?

Orbex hasn't flown any launches under its own name, so there's no success rate. Showing 0% would wrongly suggest it had failed.

When is Orbex's next launch?

Orbex Prime | Maiden Flight, set for the 2020s from Unknown Pad. Launch Library files only the decade, so the date is a placeholder. Launch times are no-earlier-than targets and can move.

Does Orbex fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?

Orbex hasn't flown any launches under its own name. It's the operator on 1 scheduled flight. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule only lists operators, so a well-known agency can own a mission and still not show up there.

Where is Orbex based?

United Kingdom. Launch Library lists it as a commercial operator, founded in 2015.