ForresPortugal’s Omnidea bought Orbex’s rocket designs and brand.
Orbex collapsed in February, and its Prime launcher now passes to a Portuguese owner.
Omnidea is simplifying Prime into PrimeNEO for easier manufacture, and is dropping Orbex’s medium-lift Proxima rocket.
Omnidea says it is too early for a launch date or a choice between Scotland and the Azores.
The space agencies that backed Orbex’s Prime bid are in talks over whether earmarked funding transfers.
How each outlet framed it
- European Spaceflight
- emphasizes design simplification and manufacturability improvements in evolved PrimeNEO, notes strategic value determination follows capability development
Sources: European Spaceflight