Skyrora

Skyrora Ltd is a private space company based in the United Kingdom since 2017. The company specialises in the design and manufacture of modular disassemblable rocket launch vehicles, specifically for the launch of small satellites, and portable launch systems, using eco-friendly technologies such as the fuel known as Ecosene and the Skyrora Space Tug. Skyrora is headquartered in Edinburgh. The Skyrora CEO and founder is Volodymyr Levykin, previously the COO of an AIM-listed online dating company Cupid plc. British astronaut Tim Peake is a board member at Skyrora together with Nick Laird, and Baroness Susan Greenfield.

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