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Melness, Sutherland
Joined January 2019
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spacehubsutherland retweeted
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 @ScotDevInt – at Cape Canaveral, FL
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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.
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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
spacehubsutherland retweeted
.@orbexspace has signed a lease with @HIEScotland to build and operate @SpaceSutherland in partnership with @JacobsConnects insider.co.uk/news/orbex-lea…
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JUST IN: @orbexspace has announced that it is moving forward with plans to build and operate its own vertical launch site.
europeanspaceflight.com/orbe…
spacehubsutherland retweeted
We are delighted to announce that we have secured £40.4 million in our Series C funding round led by the @thebankscot, 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
spacehubsutherland retweeted
“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
spacehubsutherland retweeted
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.
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spacehubsutherland retweeted
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
spacehubsutherland retweeted
Thrilled to meet with HIE Chief Executive @StuartBlack_HIE 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.
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It's Day 4 of #FIA2022! Come and say hello at the UK Space Pavilion in the Space Zone, at stand 4505. 🚀🛰️
UK @esa astronaut @astro_timpeake joined us on the stand earlier in the week. 👨🚀👇
spacehubsutherland retweeted
Excellent work by everyone on the #Scotland stand #FarnboroughAirShow Thanks to all partners and visitors. Exciting times ahead for the #Space sector here @HIEScotland @scotent @ScotDevInt @ScottishSpaceLC @NMIS_group @spacegovuk – at South East, England
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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
So if you are at farnborough today we’d love to see you. Pop over to the Scottish pavilion and say hello.
spacehubsutherland retweeted
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! @ScottishSpaceLC @HIEScotland @StuartBlack_HIE
Super excited. The space hub Sutherland team will be at Farnborough tomorrow. Come visit us at the Scottish pavilion stand.
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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! @orbexspace
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Fantastic to have @SpaceSutherland meet with NASA Administrator and Space Shuttle Astronaut @SenBillNelson in Edinburgh. Building the foundations for collaboration between us "we'll go farther, together". @HIEScotland #ScotlandIsNow
It was an honor to join a round table today with @UKspace, @EdinburghUni, and the Scottish space sector hosted by @USAinScotland.
We’re in the golden era of space flight — and we’ll go farther, together.
spacehubsutherland retweeted
Incredible news from @orbexspace! 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
Today marks an important day for Orbex - we are delighted to unveil the first full-scale prototype of the Prime orbital space rocket on its dedicated launch pad publicly for the first time.
You can view more exclusive images of Orbex Prime here: ow.ly/bJeX50J48fj
