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# UK CAA grants Skyrora a licence for suborbital Skylark L flights
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-08-05-skyrora-uk-caa-launch-licence/
- Published: 2025-08-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-16T12:00:16.000Z
- Description: The UK Civil Aviation Authority granted Skyrora a licence for up to 16 suborbital Skylark L flights a year from SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland. CEO Volodymyr Levykin said an actual launch in 2025 is unlikely.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [European Spaceflight, 5 August 2025](https://europeanspaceflight.com/skyrora-secures-launch-licence-for-suborbital-skylark-l-rocket/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that Skyrora has secured the separate insurance, data sharing and airspace agreements still required before any specific launch.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-16\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)