Orbit Fab, founded in 2018, is a pioneering American startup and in-space refueling company dedicated to developing and deploying propellant and material supply chain infrastructure in space, including "Gas Stations in Space™". Orbit Fab aims to extend the lifespan and operational capabilities of satellites by providing on-orbit refueling services, utilizing its Rapidly Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface (RAFTI) and fuel depot satellites. Key partners and customers include the U.S. Space Force, Astroscale, and the UK Space Agency; they offer Hydrazine, High Test Peroxide, Green Monopropellants, Water, and Nitrogen. Associated keywords: satellite refueling, in-space services, propellant supply, space logistics, RAFTI, fuel depots.
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Benchmark partnered with Orbit Fab to launch mobile hydrogen-peroxide-based in-space refueling kits.
Orbit Fab’s Tanker 1 mission is launching next month aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and will host RPOD demonstrations.
Orbit Fab operates satellite refueling services branded as Gas Stations in Space and produces Satellite Gas Cap fueling ports.
Spaceflight Inc. signed launch agreements with Lynk, Astro Digital, Kleos, BlackSky, Umbra, Orbit Fab, and several undisclosed U.S. government payloads.
A technical demonstration of the bundled refueling solution is scheduled at a SpaceX launch pad and in space aboard Orbit Fab’s first operational fuel depot to be launched on a Falcon 9 later 2021.
Orbit Fab and Benchmark Space Systems are partnering to establish a hydrogen-peroxide-based refueling and servicing infrastructure for in-space operations.
Benchmark will test fueling Tanker-001 Tenzing on the ground before launch using an interface called RAFTI developed by Orbit Fab.
Orbit Fab plans a technical demonstration of the bundled refueling solution at the SpaceX launch pad and in space aboard its first operational fuel depot to be launched on a Falcon 9 later in 2021.
Astro Digital is integrating Orbit Fab’s fuel tanker, including Benchmark’s Halcyon system, for positioning and steering on an AD Corvus Micro Satellite bus launching to sun-synchronous orbit.
Astro Digital is integrating Orbit Fab’s fuel tanker with Benchmark’s Halcyon system for positioning and steering on an AD Corvus microsatellite bus launching to sun-synchronous orbit.
Orbit Fab previously signed an agreement with Spaceflight Inc. to launch its first operational fuel depot to orbit in 2021.
Orbit Fab received funding from Munich Re Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Munich Re Group.
Orbit Fab’s fuel depots are designed to sustain spacecraft equipped with the Self-Driving Satellite™ docking kit known as SPARK.
Orbit Fab raised a seed extension round for its Gas Stations in Space™ propellant supply chain led by Munich Re Ventures.
Orbit Fab signed an agreement with Spaceflight Inc. to launch its first operational fuel depot to orbit in 2021.
The U.S. Air Force selected Orbit Fab to fully flight qualify the RAFTI service valve.
Orbit Fab reached an agreement on 2020-11-17 with Spaceflight Inc. to send its first microsatellite into orbit in 2021.
Orbit Fab received a $250,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop a cooperative satellite docking system.
Orbit Fab won a $3,000,000 U.S. Air Force contract in 2020 to flight-qualify RAFTI.
Orbit Fab signed an agreement with Spaceflight Inc. to launch the company’s first operational fuel depot to orbit.