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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Orbit Fab planned to ship 15 to 20 RAFTI ports next month, with about half of those ports intended for the U.S. Space Force.
Orbit Fab works with Northrop Grumman, and Northrop Grumman has invested in Orbit Fab.
Orbit Fab is supporting ClearSpace with the design of the CLEAR active debris removal mission funded by the UK Space Agency to enable the service vehicle to be refueled and reused.
Customers can purchase fuel from Orbit Fab and have it delivered by partners such as ClearSpace.
Orbit Fab won a contract to provide hydrazine for the U.S. Space Force Tetra-5 spacecraft.
Orbit Fab and ClearSpace collaborated on a U.K.-funded active debris removal mission before expanding their partnership to rapid refueling services.
Astroscale envisions deploying the LEXI client vehicle in geostationary orbit about 300 km below Orbit Fab’s fueling depot orbit.
Orbit Fab is developing a hydrazine fueling station to be deployed 36,0 m above Earth.
Orbit Fab received a $13,300,000 contract from the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit to partly fund its hydrazine fueling station.
Orbit Fab's Founder and CEO, Daniel Faber, highlighted the partnership's goal of building a sustainable lunar economy.
Orbit Fab is deploying its RAFTI™ refueling ports on various government and commercial spacecraft.
The ispace-Orbit Fab partnership will develop effective propellants and fuels from resources in space, including water, ice, and lunar regolith.
ispace expects to play a pivotal role in procuring propellants in space to power Orbit Fab’s fuel shuttles and depots on cislunar and lunar missions.
ispace, inc. and Orbit Fab, Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on in-space propellant harvesting and delivery for future missions to the Moon.
Orbit Fab plans to refuel ispace lunar landers as they travel through space to extend lunar and cislunar missions.
Orbit Fab has contracts and collaborative agreements to develop and deliver chemical, electric, and green propellants for spacecraft operating in geosynchronous (GEO), low Earth (LEO), and very low Earth orbits (VLEO).
Orbit Fab plans to establish its in-space refueling business by providing hydrazine for the U.S. Space Force Tetra-5 spacecraft.
Orbit Fab plans to work with lunar exploration company ispace on propellant harvesting and delivery.
Orbit Fab’s fiducial alignment markers are designed to provide position and orientation data to approaching vehicles by functioning like QR codes in space.
Space Machines Company and Orbit Fab are scheduled to launch missions on SpaceX Transporter rideshares in 2024.