In Orbit Aerospace, founded in 2020, is a space third-party logistics provider focused on enabling mass manufacturing and research in space. The company builds and operates spacecraft, including the Retriever re-entry vehicle and Resource Exchange Module (REX), to host customer experiments and manufacturing equipment, returning finished products to Earth. In Orbit Aerospace supports the Department of Defense and has a Space Act Agreement with NASA, partnering with organizations like Nanoracks and Voyager Space to demonstrate operations on the International Space Station. Keywords associated with In Orbit Aerospace are space manufacturing, microgravity, spacecraft design, and space logistics.
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In Orbit Aerospace plans to transport cargo to and from space stations as part of its third-party logistics business.
In Orbit Aerospace has a partnership with Voyager Space subsidiary Nanoracks to test a prototype of its payload-sorting and exchange technology on the International Space Station in 2025.
The electrostatic adhesion technology being developed under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract will enable In Orbit Aerospace’s vehicles to dock with one another.
In Orbit Aerospace plans to incorporate the payload-sorting and exchange technology into its reentry vehicle for a mission in 2025 or 2026.
In Orbit Aerospace has completed a detailed design of the Retriever reentry vehicle and plans to build and test it on the ground in 2024.
In Orbit Aerospace won a $1,800,000 AFWERX contract to develop a novel method of spacecraft docking in partnership with the University of Colorado Boulder.
In Orbit Aerospace Inc. will build and operate a new space-based manufacturing supply chain.