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 reports that the Vigoride 7 Orbital Service Vehicle is fully booked with hosted payloads.
Momentus positions Vigoride 7 as part of a broader strategy to provide satellite buses, hosted payload services, and in-space infrastructure to government and commercial customers.
Momentus and NASA will collaborate on a rendezvous and proximity operations demonstration mission.
Momentus has been selected to perform the rendezvous demonstration mission for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s SPACEWERX organization.
NASA is supporting Momentus on a separate effort during the Vigoride 7 mission involving the Low-Cost Multispectral RPO Sensor suite (LCMRS).
The Momentus–NASA rendezvous and proximity operations demonstration mission will test multispectral satellite inspection, formation flying, and WiFi-based inter-satellite links.
The CubeSat will send large data files to Vigoride 7, which will downlink the information to the Momentus Operations Center and to NASA Johnson.
Momentus will deliver a NASA CubeSat to low Earth orbit to carry out joint rendezvous and proximity operations and formation flying activities with Vigoride 7.
NASA’s R5 Spacecraft 10 (R5-S10) will act as a free-flying imager for Momentus’ Vigoride 7 Orbital Service Vehicle to assess spacecraft health and performance.
Momentus’ Vigoride 7 Orbital Service Vehicle is fully booked for hosted payloads.
Momentus was selected to perform the Low-Cost Multispectral RPO Sensor suite rendezvous demonstration mission for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s SPACEWERX organization.
NASA and Momentus signed a Space Act Agreement for a mission to advance in-orbit servicing and assembly capabilities.
Payload data transferred to the Vigoride host platform will be downlinked to the Momentus Operations Center and NASA Johnson Space Center.
Momentus executed a 1-for-17.85 reverse stock split in December and currently operates on the Nasdaq under going-concern warnings.
Momentus positions its orbital tugs as essential for maneuverability and reducing cycle times for space systems.
R5-S10 and several other payloads will ride aboard Momentus’ Vigoride 7.
Momentus will deliver a NASA CubeSat to low Earth orbit to demonstrate joint rendezvous and proximity operations and formation flying.
Momentus signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA to conduct a rendezvous-and-proximity-operations demo mission on SpaceX’s upcoming Transporter-16 flight.
The Momentus RPO demo agreement will validate multispectral satellite inspection, formation flying, and WiFi-based inter-satellite links.
NASA’s R5-S10 cubesat will launch as a hosted payload aboard Momentus’ Vigoride 7 Orbital Service Vehicle to begin the RPO demo mission.