Kurs Orbital is a space tech startup, founded in 2022 by Ukrainian space industry veterans and headquartered in Turin, Italy. They are developing technology for in-space satellite servicing, including a standardized module called ARCap that enables spacecraft to autonomously rendezvous, dock, and capture non-cooperative targets for satellite life extension and space debris removal. The company collaborates with organizations like D-Orbit, Clearspace, and Thales Alenia and participates in programs with the European Space Agency (ESA) and Saudi Space Commission. Kurs Orbital aims to democratize on-orbit servicing and space logistics markets.
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Kurs Orbital set up operations at the European Space Agency’s Business Incubation Center.
Kurs Orbital secured $4,000,000 in seed funding on 2024-03-07.
Kurs Orbital aims to deliver a flight-ready ARCap module by late 2025.
Kurs Orbital is based in Kyiv and operates R&D facilities there in cooperation with Kyiv Radio Plant.
Kurs Orbital expects de-orbiting services to constitute about 60% to 70% of the company’s business.
Kurs Orbital holds the rights to the original Kurs rendezvous system and is developing a new rendezvous acquisition module that uses machine vision, radar, and robotics to enable fully automatic docking with uncooperative objects.
Kurs Orbital plans to raise additional funding over the next few years to build a fleet of four vehicles to start offering de-orbiting services by 2025.
Kurs Orbital is raising $6,500,000 in its first investment round this summer to start a demonstration vehicle that will rendezvous with an uncooperative object in low Earth orbit.
Kurs Orbital is building an in-orbit servicing vehicle using space docking technology developed by the former Soviet Union.