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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Blue Origin is working on Orbital Reef with Sierra Space and other partners.
Orbital Reef and Starlab are commercial space station concepts being developed for the post-ISS market.
Vast, Starlab, and Orbital Reef have been building toward independent free-flying station architectures.
Vast, Axiom Space, Starlab, and Orbital Reef are the four active Commercial LEO Destinations developers affected by NASA’s Ignition framework.
Vast, Axiom Space, Starlab, and Orbital Reef are the four active Commercial LEO Destinations developers.
Orbital Reef is a partnership between Blue Origin and Sierra Space.
Orbital Reef is a joint venture between Blue Origin and Sierra Space.
Avionics integration, life-support heritage systems, and docking interface hardware are key sub-tier supplier categories for Orbital Reef.
Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef remains part of the post-ISS commercial low Earth orbit station field.
Sierra Space’s September 2023 Series B was intended to boost production of the Dream Chaser spaceplane and to support investment in the Orbital Reef commercial space station bid with Blue Origin.
Orbital Reef is Sierra Space’s commercial space station bid in partnership with Blue Origin.
Sierra Space continues to develop its inflatable LIFE habitat technology while shifting focus toward orbital defense infrastructure over commercial space station bids like Orbital Reef.
Blue Origin and Sierra Space completed the Orbital Reef System Definition Review with NASA in June 2025.
Blue Origin and Sierra Space jointly developed the Orbital Reef commercial space station.
Starlab completed preliminary design milestones that Orbital Reef was still pursuing.
Blue Origin and Sierra Space set a 2027 operational target for Orbital Reef.
Orbital Reef involves nine partner companies.
Blue Origin and Sierra Space demonstrated inflatable habitat module technology for Orbital Reef.
Blue Origin and Sierra Space secured $172 million in NASA funding for Orbital Reef.
Orbital Reef is designed to support 10 astronauts and provide docking capability for Blue Origin’s New Glenn launcher and Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane.