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 rescheduled Vigoride-7 from an original October 2023 launch to SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission targeted no earlier than February 2024.
During Vigoride-6, Momentus deployed two CubeSats into Low-Earth Orbit as part of NASA’s LLITED mission.
On Transporter-9, Momentus planned to deploy the Picacho CubeSat for Lunasonde as a technology demonstration of sensors to measure the power spectral density of low-frequency radio signals in the ionosphere.
The revised Vigoride-7 mission plan enables Momentus to launch the OSV with a fuller payload load for deployment in LEO while meeting customer needs for orbital delivery in 2023.
On Vigoride-7, Momentus will aim to deploy several customer satellites in Low-Earth Orbit and provide services to a hosted payload.
Momentus deployed all customer payloads from its Vigoride-6 Orbital Service Vehicle launched in April 2023 aboard the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission.
Momentus operates both its Vigoride-6 and Vigoride-5 spacecraft concurrently.
Momentus is concurrently operating its Vigoride-5 spacecraft alongside Vigoride-6 after their January and April 2023 launches respectively.
Momentus targeted its next flight for no earlier than November 2023 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission to deploy three satellites into Low Earth Orbit for three different customers.
Momentus is providing ongoing hosted payload services to Caltech’s Solar Power Project Demonstrator (SSPD) mission from the Vigoride-5 spacecraft.
On Transporter-9, Momentus will use a deployer to place three satellites into Low-Earth Orbit for three different customers: AMAN-1 for SatRev, JINJUSat-1 for CONTEC Co., and Picacho for Lunasonde.
Momentus revised Vigoride-7 mission plans to enable launching with a fuller payload load for better mission economics while still meeting customers requiring orbital delivery in 2023.
During the Vigoride-6 mission, Momentus deployed two CubeSats into LEO as part of NASA’s LLITED mission.
Momentus Inc. deployed all customer payloads from its Vigoride-6 Orbital Service Vehicle that launched in April 2023 aboard the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission.
The nine satellites for which Momentus will provide orbital transportation are part of Apogeo Space’s planned 100-satellite Internet of Things constellation.
Apogeo Space signed a deal on 2023-06-05 to deploy nine picosatellites next year with an orbital transfer vehicle from Momentus.
Momentus Inc signed an agreement with Apogeo Space to provide orbital transportation services for nine Apogeo satellites.
The Momentus Orbital Service Vehicle provides orbital transportation services intended to support deployment of large satellite constellations such as Apogeo Space’s.
Momentus will use its Orbital Service Vehicle to support deployment of large satellite constellations like Apogeo Space’s.
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) signed an agreement with Apogeo Space to provide orbital transportation services for nine satellites.