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.
Skyrora is headquartered in Edinburgh with R&D teams in Ukraine and Slovakia.
The Skyrora CEO and founder is Volodymyr Levykin, previously CEO of an AIM-listed online dating company Cupid plc.
British astronaut Tim Peake is a board member at Skyrora.
Overview.
In August 2018 Skyrora successfully conducted Scotland's first commercial rocket launch by a private company at Kildermorie Estate in Ross-shire. The company launched the 1.3-metre-tall Skylark Nano rocket using an M class model rocketry motor in August 2018 and the 2-metre-tall Skylark Nano II rocket using a Cesaroni M-1520BS model rocketry motor in July 2019. The rockets are all built and assembled in the United Kingdom.
The company employs 27 staff at its Edinburgh headquarters along with over 100 staff in Ukraine, and also had office in Slovakia. 
Rockets.
Skylark Nano.
The Skylark Nano was launched in 2020 as an unguided supersonic rocket designed for simulating a launch to then be recovered with the use of parachutes. Neither a control system nor a thrust vector control system is required. 
It was used in three live tests in the Scottish Highlands. Following launches in 2018 and 2019, the rocket has reached an altitude of 6km during the most recent test in Shetland.
Skylark Micro.
The Skylark Micro is a two-stage supersonic rocket designed as an intermediate step between Skylark Nano and Skylark L. It made the flight in August 2020, reaching an altitude of 27km.
Skylark L.
The Skylark L suborbital launch vehicle is the first Skyrora rocket to use a 3D printed hydrogen peroxide–kerosene engine.
It is capable of fulfilling scientific micro-gravity needs.
Skylark L was developed to fling 60kg of payload 100km up.
This rocket was subject to a full static fire test in May 2020 at the Kildermorie Estate in Alness, Scotland, which was the first ground rocket test in Scotland in 50 years.
Skyrora XL.
The Skyrora XL is a three-stage orbital launch vehicle with nine hydrogen peroxide–kerosene engines used in Skylark L. The rocket is under development, and the first flight is planned for Q4 2022. It is expected that the rocket will be able to bring a payload of 315kg to a 500km orbit.
Skyrora has successfully tested a final stage rocket engine in its first stationary ground-firings. In April 2021, the company successfully tested the upper stage of the Skyrora XL rocket and completed a static fire test in its engine development complex in Fife.
Engines.
The company has successfully tested several types of engines in 2020 and 2021:
Achievements.
In August 2018, Skyrora conducted Scotland's first commercial rocket launch by a private company at Kildermorie Estate in Ross-shire.
In 2020, the company got the status of the "Company of a Year" in "Aerospace & Defense" among mid-size companies by Stevie Awards, Inc. after participating in Space Camp accelerator programmes from Seraphim Capital.
In 2019, Skyrora was awarded the CleanTech award at the Go:Tech Awards 2019. In 2020, Skyrora received the Leif Erikson Lunar Prize Award for its innovative project ‘Ecosene’.
In 2020, during the Aviation & Aerospace Awards 2020, Skyrora won the ‘Best Small Satellite Launch Vehicle Manufacturer Award’.
In 2021, Skyrora received £2.5 million in funding from European Space Agency as a part of ESA’s Boost! programme.
Education.
The company has organised a graduate placement program to help the graduates and young talents to get into the sector. They offer technical positions for students and summer internships.
Ecological fuel.
Skyrora has upgraded its kerosene made of unrecyclable waste plastic to be used as rocket fuel – Ecosene. In February 2020, Skyrora has already used the fuel to fire its LEO engine for the final stage of Skyrora XL rocket at their engine test complex.
External links.
Official website
Interview with CEO 