Nearly £100 million in UK Government funding was withheld from Orbex, leaving the firm trailing competitors, it has been revealed. Orbex has received tens of millions of pounds of public investment from both the UK and Scottish Government. A spokesperson for the UK Government’s Department for Science Innovation and Technology said it was “committed to championing our dynamic UK space sector”. “We remain committed to championing our dynamic UK space sector. Moray MSP Richard Lochhead described Orbex as a “trail blazing space company” and a “rising star of Scotland’s space sector”.