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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The Orbital Reef team received $130,000,000 from NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations program in December to support design work on the station.
Orbital Reef is a commercial space station announced last October with Sierra Space as one of the lead partners.
NASA selected Orbital Reef for a funded Space Act Agreement to collaborate on designing a commercially owned and operated space station in low Earth orbit.
Orbital Reef is envisioned as a mixed-use space business park intended to offer reduced costs, turnkey services, and inspiring space architecture to support diverse customers and industries.
A Blue Origin-led team received a $130,000,000 CLD award for the Orbital Reef space station concept announced 2021-10-25.
Orbital Reef is led by Blue Origin and Sierra Space and has been selected by NASA for a funded Space Act Agreement to collaborate on designing a commercially owned and operated space station in low Earth orbit.
NASA selected Orbital Reef for a funded Space Act Agreement on 2021-12-02 to collaborate on designing a commercially owned and operated space station in low Earth orbit.
Sierra Space targets Orbital Reef to be on orbit, open for business, and generating revenues in 2027.
Both LIFE and Dream Chaser are part of Orbital Reef, the commercial space station concept announced 2021-10-25 by a team that includes Sierra Space, Blue Origin, Boeing, and Redwire.
Blue Origin and Sierra Space will develop, own, and operate a commercial space station called Orbital Reef in low Earth orbit.
The consortium intends to develop Orbital Reef, a modular space station designed to host crews and payloads in the latter half of the 2020s.
Orbital Reef’s baseline configuration is designed to accommodate up to 10 people, provide 100 kilowatts of power, and have a volume a little more than 90% that of the International Space Station.
Genesis Engineering Solutions will provide a Single Person Spacecraft pod that it is developing for use on Orbital Reef.
The consortium declined to provide a total cost for Orbital Reef, though the project’s estimated cost was characterized as at least an order of magnitude less than the ISS’s estimated $100,000,000,000 price tag.
Blue Origin and Sierra Space plan to develop Orbital Reef, a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station in low Earth orbit.
Orbital Reef is a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station planned to be built in low Earth orbit by Blue Origin and Sierra Space.
Boeing will provide a science module for Orbital Reef and supply its CST-100 Starliner crew vehicle while handling station operations, maintenance, and engineering.
Orbital Reef joins Starlab, a commercial space station concept announced 2021-10-21 by Nanoracks, Voyager Space Holdings, and Lockheed Martin.
Blue Origin will develop large-diameter core modules and utility systems for Orbital Reef and provide launch services using its New Glenn rocket under development.