Orbital Reef is a planned commercial space station in low Earth orbit, led by Blue Origin and Sierra Space. It aims to be a "mixed-use business park" for commerce, research, and tourism, offering services like transportation, habitation, and equipment accommodation. Orbital Reef is supported by partners like Boeing, Redwire Space, and Arizona State University, and has a Space Act Agreement with NASA for commercial LEO development.
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Sierra Space is partnering with Blue Origin and other companies to develop the Orbital Reef commercial space station.
Orbital Reef is a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station to be built in low Earth orbit.
Shahir Gerges, Director of Business Strategy for Orbital Reef, supports creating a vibrant community of innovators on Orbital Reef to commercialize low Earth orbit.
The Reef Starter Innovation Challenge will select several early-stage companies to receive awards of up to $100,000 and customized workshops with the Orbital Reef team.
The Reef Starter Innovation Challenge will select several early-stage companies to receive awards of up to $100,000 and customized workshops with the Orbital Reef team.
Orbital Reef is a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station to be built in low Earth orbit.
Orbital Reef is a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station to be built in low Earth orbit.
Orbital Reef is designed to provide infrastructure to scale economic activity and open new markets in space, including tourism, entertainment, research, and manufacturing.
Orbital Reef received $130,000,000 in funded Space Act Agreement support from NASA as part of the CLD program.
Sierra Space’s current plans for Orbital Reef call for launching the first modules in 2027.
Dream Chaser and LIFE™ are central components to Orbital Reef, a mixed-use business park in LEO being developed by principal partners Sierra Space and Blue Origin.
Blue Origin’s efforts include flying astronauts on New Shepard, producing reusable liquid rocket engines, developing the New Glenn orbital launch vehicle, building next-generation Orbital Reef space habitats, and returning to the surface of the Moon.
The SDR establishes the functional baseline for Orbital Reef, a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station to be built in low Earth orbit (LEO).
The Orbital Reef team led by Sierra Space and Blue Origin completed a System Definition Review with NASA.
Sierra Space describes Orbital Reef’s planned capabilities to include microgravity factories and services intended to support economic growth.
Sierra Space is testing inflatable modules that it is developing for the Orbital Reef station.
Orbital Reef is a mixed-use business park in low Earth orbit being developed by principal partners Sierra Space and Blue Origin and is expected to be operational by 2027.
Sierra Space and Blue Origin are principal partners developing Orbital Reef, a mixed-use business park in low Earth orbit.
Sierra Space is partnering with Blue Origin and other companies to develop the Orbital Reef commercial space station.
Sierra Space aims to start flying astronauts by 2026 to support the start of Orbital Reef construction.