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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Blue Origin, Galactic Enterprises, Loft Orbital Federal, and Momentus Space are also among the awarded companies.
Momentus Space LLC of San Jose, California was awarded a contract to provide services through demonstrated commercial capabilities.
Momentus is offering an M-1000 satellite bus based on the Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle.
The Space Development Agency awarded Momentus a contract modification valued at $1,196,404 to continue development of the Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle for Department of Defense mission requirements.
Momentus received a Small Business Innovation Research award titled "Orbital Service Vehicle Enhancements to Meet DoD Mission Requirements" with a total value of $1,942,477.
Momentus has offered the M-1000 satellite bus to commercial constellation providers and the U.S. Government.
Momentus postponed the Vigoride-7 flight that was planned for SpaceX’s Transporter-10 rideshare launch in March.
Momentus launched five satellites on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission in November using a third-party deployer rather than its Vigoride tug.
Momentus reported a net loss of $15,200,000 and revenue of $339,000 in its fiscal third quarter ending 2023-09-30.
Momentus signed up seven customers who planned to deploy satellites on Vigoride-7 and two customers who planned to operate hosted payloads on the vehicle.
Momentus raised $11,850,000 in gross proceeds in the fourth quarter through a series of stock transactions.
Momentus failed to win a Space Development Agency contract for Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellites.
Shortly after going public through a special purpose acquisition company merger in August 2021, Momentus had a market capitalization of more than $1,000,000,000.
Momentus last launched a Vigoride tug in April 2023 on SpaceX’s Transporter-7 mission.
Momentus submitted a proposal to the Space Development Agency using a satellite bus it announced last year based on Vigoride.
Picacho was launched and presumed deployed on 2023-11-11 from a Momentus canister managed by a third-party deployer aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-9.
Momentus Inc. is a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services.
Momentus has launched four missions to date and deployed 17 customer satellites.
Momentus’s 2024-01-01 mission will feature a Momentus-hosted payload for a rendezvous and proximity operations demonstration.
Momentus provides transportation and in-space services either on a deployer mounted directly to a Rideshare modular plate or on a Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle.