OrbitBeyond is a lunar transportation, infrastructure, and exploration services company, and a NASA CLPS contractor. They are focused on providing reliable and affordable payload delivery services to the Moon and cislunar space for both public and private sector clients, with their first lunar mission (OB1) planned for 2026. OrbitBeyond develops lunar landers and related infrastructure, including lunar 5G networks and edge computing solutions, and is working on multi-purpose vehicles for lunar orbit applications like relay communications and mineral mapping. Key partners include Spin.Works, and they have previously collaborated with TeamIndus and Honeybee Robotics.
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OrbitBeyond planned to launch its Z-01 lander on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in September 2020.
Intuitive Machines and OrbitBeyond planned to launch their landers on Falcon 9 rockets while still finalizing launch contracts with SpaceX.
TeamIndus is part of a team led by OrbitBeyond, and OrbitBeyond received a Commercial Lunar Payload Services award from NASA.