Skyrora

Skyrora designs, manufactures, and deploys rockets for small satellite manufacturers seeking access to space. The company develops launch vehicle technology and aims to become a commercial provider for space access. Its product lines include a three-stage small satellite launch vehicle intended for Sun-Synchronous Orbit, a single-stage guided suborbital launch vehicle, a two-stage supersonic rocket powered by solid rocket motors, and a single-stage unguided supersonic rocket designed for simulating launch. Skyrora also provides space services for satellites in orbit and future orbital spacecrafts. The company develops engines, including a LEO engine for Skyrora XL running on hydrogen peroxide and kerosene, producing 3.5 kN thrust, which has passed tests with Ecosene fuel and is capable of multiple re-ignitions. Another engine is a seven-tonne engine for the first and second stages of the orbital Skyrora XL launch vehicle, using advanced turbopump techniques and capable of 70 kN thrust. This is a regeneratively cooled liquid rocket engine using a pressure fed system. Skyrora is headquartered in Glasgow, UK, with a manufacturing facility in Cumbernauld and other facilities located across Europe. The company is involved in research and development on projects such as Ecosene, an RP-1 equivalent derived from unrecyclable plastic waste.