Skyrora it building its first 23-metre XL rocket at a factory in Cumbernauld.

Published on February 17, 2025

A Scottish company aims to send its rockets into space from 2026, following an attempt at a suborbital launch later this year.

Skyrora is building its first 23-metre rocket called XL at a factory in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, with the goal of sending small satellites into space.

An attempt to launch a smaller rocket called Skylark from Iceland ended in failure in October 2022, when a software problem led to it falling into the sea just after lift-off.

Read more in The Independent.

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