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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Orbital Reef is a mixed-use business park in low Earth orbit being developed by Sierra Space and Blue Origin that is expected to be operational by 2027.
Boeing is participating in the Orbital Reef commercial space station project being developed with Blue Origin and Sierra Space and is offering Starliner for crew transportation to that station.
Orbital Reef is a commercial space station project with lead partners Blue Origin and Sierra Space that won NASA funding in December 2021 for initial design studies.
Orbital Reef is a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station planned for low Earth orbit.
NASA awarded a $130,000,000 Space Act Agreement to the companies developing Orbital Reef as part of the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations (CLD) program.
Orbital Reef is a commercial space station being developed by a consortium led by Blue Origin and Sierra Space.
Orbital Reef is a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station planned to be built in low Earth orbit.
The Orbital Reef team led by principal partners Sierra Space and Blue Origin completed its Systems Requirements Review in three months.
Orbital Reef was unveiled in October 2021 by Blue Origin and Sierra Space as part of a partnership that includes Boeing and Redwire Space.
Orbital Reef is designed to provide end-to-end services including space transportation and logistics, space habitation, equipment accommodation, and operations with onboard crew.
Blue Origin will develop Orbital Reef’s core modules and provide launch services on its New Glenn rocket.
Blue Origin and Sierra Space completed a system requirements review for Orbital Reef on 2022-04-05.
Orbital Reef’s open architecture infrastructure is designed to host diverse tenants and businesses with accommodations for multiple users.
NASA selected Orbital Reef for a funded Space Act Agreement through NASA’s Commercial LEO Development program.
Orbital Reef is a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station to be built in low Earth orbit (LEO).
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to cooperate with JAXA and other aerospace companies in Japan on activities related to Orbital Reef, leveraging relationships built through participation in the ISS program.
Orbital Reef is a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station planned to be built in low Earth orbit by investor partners Sierra Space and Blue Origin.
Sierra Space and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries signed a memorandum of understanding on 2022-03-17 to study collaboration on technologies to support the Orbital Reef commercial space station.
A consortium led by Blue Origin announced the Orbital Reef commercial space station.
Boeing will provide a science module, the CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, and support for station operations for Orbital Reef.