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’ RPO demo mission on Transporter-16 is expected to launch no earlier than March.
Momentus is moving to fulfill a contract with the U.S. Space Force that it signed last year.
Momentus’ Vigoride 7 orbital service vehicle will carry NASA’s R5 Spacecraft 10 alongside other payloads on a SpaceX Transporter mission set for March.
Momentus is demonstrating a Low-Cost Multispectral RPO Sensor suite with NASA support as stipulated by a $1.86 million contract signed with SpaceWERX last June.
Momentus will undertake a rendezvous and proximity operations demonstration mission with NASA next month.
Momentus is a publicly listed space infrastructure firm.
Philip Hover-Smoot previously served in senior executive roles at Spaceflight and Momentus.
The metal fuel tank will undergo flight testing on Momentus Inc.'s Vigoride-7 Orbital Service Vehicle.
Momentus Inc. has developed an additively manufactured metal fuel tank for use on future missions.
The fuel tank was designed by Momentus Inc. and manufactured using Velo3D's metal 3D printing systems.
NASA’s R5 Spacecraft 10 will act as a free-flying imager for Momentus’ Vigoride 7 Orbital Service Vehicle on the NASA–Momentus mission.
NASA and Momentus signed a Space Act Agreement for a mission demonstrating rendezvous and proximity operations and formation flying in low Earth orbit.
The NASA–Momentus mission is funded and managed by NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology program and the Engineering Directorate at Johnson Space Center.
The NASA–Momentus mission will demonstrate inter-satellite link technology using WiFi-based data transmission with a CubeSat transferring large files to the Vigoride host platform for downlink to ground stations.
Momentus’ Vigoride 7 is scheduled to launch no earlier than March 2026 aboard a SpaceX Transporter mission.
The fuel tank designed by Momentus and manufactured using Velo3D’s advanced metal 3D printing technology represents a significant step forward in the adoption of additive manufacturing for mission-critical spacecraft components.
Momentus plans to utilize additive manufacturing technology to serve new markets as a qualified supplier for space-rated fuel tanks.
Momentus utilized Velo3D’s fully integrated solution to design and produce a fuel tank with optimized features difficult to achieve with traditional manufacturing methods.
By integrating additive manufacturing into its supply chain, Momentus aims to reduce costs and shorten development cycles.
Momentus and Velo3D developed an additive manufactured fuel tank that is set to be flight tested on the Vigoride-7 Orbital Service Vehicle mission.