Altius Space Machines was a space robotics and technology company specializing in on-orbit satellite servicing, in-space propellant transfer, and active debris removal. They developed technologies like the DogTag™ grapple fixture and cryogenic couplers for liquid oxygen transfer, supporting sustainable space operations. Altius Space Machines worked with partners like Eta Space and NASA, contributing to missions like LOXSAT. The company was a subsidiary of Voyager Space Holdings before ceasing operations.
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The Altius mission will use limb-sounding techniques and a high-resolution spectral imager to deliver vertical profiles of ozone and other atmospheric gases.
ÉireComposites manufactured composite components for Altius, the European Space Agency’s Earth observation satellite.
ÉireComposites produced three carbon fibre stray light baffles for Altius’s optical instrument.
The Altius satellite is designed to monitor ozone and other trace gases in the atmosphere.
The Altius mission is developed within ESA’s Earth Watch programme.
Altius is scheduled to launch in 2028 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
The Altius mission is financed primarily by Belgium, with contributions from Canada, Luxembourg, and Romania.
Redwire’s Belgium facility has contributed spacecraft platforms and technology to ESA programs including Proba-1, Proba-2, Proba-V, Proba-3, Σyndeo-3, and ALTIUS.
Redwire recently integrated a Hammerhead spacecraft for ESA’s Atmospheric Limb Tracker for Investigation of the Upcoming Stratosphere (ALTIUS) mission.
The ALTIUS and the Horizon 2020 IOD/IOV satellite built by Redwire are based on Redwire’s P200 platform and feature Redwire’s third-generation Advanced Data and Power Management System avionics.
The ALTIUS and the Horizon 2020 IOD/IOV satellite built by Redwire are based on Redwire’s P200 spacecraft platform.
The 150-kilogram OneWeb satellite targeted for capture in 2025 has a compatible magnetic docking plate provided by U.S.-based Altius.
Voyager’s Altius Space Machines partnered on the Barnacle proposal and will provide technology to allow Barnacle to attach to satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
Altius Space Machines is providing technology intended to allow the Barnacle to attach to satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO) and then revive or refurbish those assets.
After the successful release of the ALTIUS-600 SUAS, the XQ-58A Valkyrie completed additional test points to expand its demonstrated operating envelope.
OneWeb’s satellites carrying Altius DogTags are manufactured by Airbus OneWeb Satellites in a factory on Merritt Island, Florida.
OneWeb is committed to an objective described as 'leaving no trace in space' and is partnering with companies like Altius to support that objective.
Voyager Space Holdings acquired satellite servicing company Altius Space Machines in 2019.
Altius is designed with a sightline on the horizon to establish ozone profiles with the required resolution.
The European Space Agency awarded Spacebel a contract to supply the payload data ground segment for the Altius stratosphere observation mission.