Momentus Space is a U.S. commercial space company that aims to provide in-space infrastructure services, including transportation, hosted payloads, and in-orbit services. They are developing orbital service vehicles, like Vigoride, powered by a water plasma-based propulsion system, to carry satellites and payloads between different orbits. Momentus is partnering with companies like Solstar Space and Velo3D, and has contracts with organizations like the U.S. Air Force.
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Momentus is actively accepting technical proposals from satellite operators, defense research divisions, and commercial startups for remaining hosted payload capacity on the Vigoride-9 launch.
Momentus will integrate and operate LASP’s Occultation Wave Limb Sounder mission aboard its next-generation Vigoride-9 Orbital Service Vehicle.
Momentus Inc. secured a contract with the University of Colorado Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics for the upcoming OWLS mission.
Momentus’ Vigoride series uses a modular spacecraft architecture and high-power generation capabilities for hosted payloads that require prolonged operational life, strict stabilization, and tailored environmental profiles.
Juno Propulsion’s Iris engine is scheduled to fly as a hosted payload on a Momentus satellite bus in Q1 2027.
At Momentus, John Rood led the company through its SPAC-to-NASDAQ transition, the production and launch of its first Vigoride orbital service vehicles, and the placement of eight customer satellites in orbit.
NASA awarded Momentus a $5.1 million contract to demonstrate microgravity protein crystallization and a $2.5 million contract for an on-orbit rotating detonation rocket engine test.
John Rood is the Chairman, President, and CEO of Momentus.
Momentus is a commercial space company that builds orbital transfer vehicles and offers hosted payload, satellite bus, and in-space transportation services.
Momentus launched Vigoride-7 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16 in March 2026, carrying 10 demonstration payloads.
Momentus has a strategic partnership with Solstar for on-demand space communications.
John Rood joined Momentus in August 2021 after serving as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from January 2018 to February 2020.
Momentus develops space tugs and orbital transfer vehicles.
Momentus has scheduled a Critical Design Review for Vigoride 8 in late May 2026.
Momentus conducted the Vigoride 8 Preliminary Design Review using expanded infrastructure that includes a new facility intended to support higher mission throughput.
Momentus Inc. operates the Vigoride 8 orbital transport mission from San Jose, California under two NASA contracts.
Momentus conducts Vigoride missions as secondary payloads on its orbital service vehicle after reaching orbit.
Momentus’ Vigoride vehicles are designed to provide hosted payload support, last-mile delivery, and in-orbit servicing capabilities.
Vigoride 8 is the latest flight in Momentus’ ongoing series of commercial orbital service vehicle operations.
DPhi Space’s second mission, Clustergate-2, rode to orbit on a Momentus Vigoride 7 in March.