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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Astroscale UK will collaborate with Astroscale Japan, Orbit Fab, and CGI to use Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and SSA data to support and verify RPO missions.
Orbit Fab completed a Series A funding round of $28,500,000 earlier 2023.
Orbit Fab’s $28,500,000 Series A funding will accelerate executive and technical hires, drive fuel sales, integrate the RAFTI refueling port, and develop fuel delivery and storage infrastructure in GEO, LEO, and VLEO.
Orbit Fab was the first company to sign a fuel delivery agreement with the Department of Defense for hydrazine in GEO.
Orbit Fab has contracts and collaborative agreements to develop and deliver chemical, electric, and green propellants for GEO, LEO, and VLEO operations.
As a Technology Pioneer, Orbit Fab CEO Daniel Faber has been invited to engage with the World Economic Forum.
Verena Kuhn, Head of Innovator Communities at the World Economic Forum, welcomed Orbit Fab to the 2023 cohort of Technology Pioneers.
Orbit Fab is a leading provider of on-orbit refueling services and propellants.
The Orion Space Solutions experiment with Orbit Fab’s hydrazine depot is projected to launch in 2025.
Orbit Fab secured a $12,000,000 U.S. Air Force Strategic Funding Increase consisting of $6,000,000 from the Air Force and $6,000,000 in matching private funds to develop the Rafti refueling port.
Space Systems Command’s Innovation and Prototyping Directorate awarded Orion Space Solutions a contract to develop three small satellites that will dock with a hydrazine depot supplied by Orbit Fab in geostationary orbit.
Orbit Fab announced plans in 2022 to offer refueling services in geostationary orbit by 2025 at a price of $20,000,000 for 100 kg of hydrazine.
Impulse Space will provide hosting services for the Orbit Fab fuel depot including power, communications, attitude control, and propulsion.
The Orbit Fab refueling demonstration mission will launch in mid-2025.
Impulse Space will conduct a hydrazine refueling demonstration mission in geostationary equatorial orbit using its Mira orbital service vehicle as the hosting platform for Orbit Fab’s fuel depot.
Orbit Fab will seek to refuel the U.S. Space Force Tetra-5 spacecraft with up to 50 kg of hydrazine.
Three satellites will be stationed in geostationary orbit where Impulse Space’s Mira orbital service vehicle will serve as the hosting platform for Orbit Fab’s fuel depot.
Orbit Fab plans to start offering hydrazine for satellites in geostationary orbit as soon as 2025 using a depot and a fuel shuttle spacecraft.
Orbit Fab announced the selection of Impulse Space’s orbital vehicle on 2023-05-25.
An earlier investment by 8090 Industries announced in October was part of Orbit Fab’s Series A round.