IDEAS TO ORBIT
Fire Arrow enables governments and commercial organisations to achieve Safe, Responsive, and Affordable Access to Space.
Whether creating sovereign launch capability or finding the best-in-class launch providers for your payload, we are here to help.
About Fire Arrow
Dr. Mick O’Connor CDir CEng Managing Director
Dr. Mick O’Connor CDir CEng Managing Director
Dr. Mick O’Connor CDir CEng Managing Director
40 years of experience working in space, aerospace, defence, aviation, oil, petrochemical, shipbuilding, and utilities. His extensive career in spaceflight-related activities began at QinetiQ in 2005 when he was appointed General Manager of the Ministry of Defence’s live missile test ranges across the United Kingdom. In 2019, he was appointed Programme Director for horizontal launch at Preswick Spaceport in Scotland, UK.
Stuart Fyvie MSc MCIOB TechnicDirector
Dr. Mick O’Connor CDir CEng Managing Director
Dr. Mick O’Connor CDir CEng Managing Director
25 years in the construction and property sectors delivering complex projects, spaceport delivery and programme management, satellite manufacturing and operations facilities, commercial offices and masterplanning. He is currently involved in the delivery of Sutherland Spaceport and Prestwick Spaceport. He has a working knowledge of the complex regulatory environment within which launch activities need to navigate.
Daniel Smith Commercial Director
Dr. Mick O’Connor CDir CEng Managing Director
Daniel Smith Commercial Director
A serial space entrepreneur who has played a founding role in five companies since 2017, including a leading European orbital launch developer, a national industry group, and ESA-supported launch brokerage firm. A member of the UK Space Agency Space Safety and Sustainability advisory group and LaunchUK Industry Group. Daniel is a passionate advocate for space sustainability and a speaker at multiple United Nations events as well as media outlets like CNN and BBC.