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 announced in October that it would merge with a special-purpose acquisition company, with the deal still in the process of closing.
Momentus sealed an agreement to launch Skykraft’s satellite in 2021.
Under the agreement, Momentus will gain access to low inclination and equatorial orbits using Gilmour Space’s Eris launch services.
Momentus Inc. and Gran Systems signed a service agreement for Gran Systems’ 2U CubeSat NUTSAT to fly on Momentus’ December 2020 Vigoride demo mission.
Gran Systems shipped and delivered NUTSAT to Momentus at the same hour Momentus made a major investor-relations announcement.
Momentus Space and Kepler Communications agreed on 2020-10-20 to arrange the 2021 launch of two Kepler satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare flight and delivery to their desired orbital altitude using the Vigoride in-space transportation vehicle.
Momentus purchased rides on five SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare missions in 2020 and 2021 to demonstrate Vigoride’s ability to move customer satellites 300 to 1,200 km beyond the drop-off point.
Lockheed Martin received an $89,700,000 award to test liquid hydrogen storage technologies on a small satellite and is working with Momentus, which will host the payload on a Vigoride orbital transfer vehicle, and Relativity Space, which will launch the vehicle on its Terran 1 rocket in October 2023.
Stable Road Capital will take Momentus public through a SPAC deal that values Momentus at $1,200,000,000.
Momentus will merge with Stable Road Acquisition Corp., a SPAC created by venture fund Stable Road Capital, under an agreement revealed on 2020-10-07.
The merger values Momentus at $1,200,000,000 and provides the company with about $310,000,000 of cash on hand.
Momentus is expected to expand its fleet of transfer vehicles to offer more powerful and capable ways to deliver satellites to orbit.
Momentus Space plans to demonstrate its Vigoride orbital transfer vehicle later 2020.
Momentus Space expanded its staff and business line to include hosting payloads and capturing satellites already in orbit with a robotic arm developed with Made In Space Europe, a Redwire subsidiary.
Momentus Space plans to become a publicly traded company through a merger with Stable Road Acquisition Corp., with the plan disclosed on 2020-10-07.
Momentus will deploy a pathfinder for Skykraft’s microsatellite constellation on a Vigoride flight in June 2021.
Momentus plans to send the Skykraft microsatellite into orbit using EOS, a separation ring developed by Mecano ID with funding from the French space agency CNES.
Momentus plans to launch a second Skykraft microsatellite in late 2021 under its launch services agreement with Skykraft.
Momentus purchased rides on five SpaceX Falcon 9 small-satellite rideshare missions in 2020 and 2021 to showcase its Vigoride in-space transportation vehicle.
Momentus’ Vigoride in-space transportation vehicle is designed to move customer satellites 300 to 1,200 km beyond their initial drop-off point.