Orbital Astronautics Ltd (OrbAstro) is a space technology company with locations in the UK, New Zealand, and Germany. They focus on compressing the upfront cost and lead-time to get from business idea to revenue generation, for companies utilising satellites, and builds satellites for commercial and government customers. OrbAstro is developing a subscription-based space traffic management system (STMS) and offers satellite platforms, including the ORB-50, and services such as constellation management and low-latency optical data relay networks. They are involved in missions with partners like AstroForge and utilize launch providers like SpaceX.
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AstroForge had previously collaborated with smallsat manufacturer OrbAstro to build Odin.
Orbital Astronautics is a vertically integrated space technology company that has built state-of-the-art subsystems and satellite platforms from the ground up.
The OrbAstro ORB-50 satellite platform has a mass class of 100 kg and will host an array of AstroForge payloads for asteroid assessment.
Xplore reached an agreement with Orbital Astronautics to launch a remote-sensing payload on OrbAstro’s ORB-6 platform, and that mission suffered delays.
Brokkr-2 was built by OrbAstro using a 100-kilogram spacecraft bus.
Orbital Astronautics Ltd. is building out its own satellite constellation to provide low-latency access and autonomous operations services for customer satellites.
AstroForge Inc. signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd. to fly a 100 kg class spacecraft into deep space for an asteroid survey mission.
The OrbAstro ORB-50 satellite platform will host an array of AstroForge payloads associated with assessing asteroids.
Orbital Astronautics Ltd. is a United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Germany based space technology company that builds and supports operations of satellites with a focus on constellations.
A 3U Guardian Alpha CubeSat was developed by OrbAstro at the request of SpaceBD, and SpaceBD performed the satellite integration.
AstroForge’s first mission, planned for launch in early 2023, will place a six-unit cubesat developed by British company OrbAstro into orbit on a SpaceX rideshare mission.
Xplore is preparing to launch its first satellite 2022 on an Orbital Astronautics Ltd. nanosatellite.
Xplore will use OrbAstro’s satellite buses for a variety of innovative missions beginning with the ORB-6 platform.
Xplore Inc. signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd. (OrbAstro) to use OrbAstro satellite buses.
Orbital Astronautics Ltd. (OrbAstro) builds satellite platforms and all subsystems from the ground up to support comprehensive satellite and constellation operations.
Xplore’s first satellite utilizes OrbAstro’s ORB-6 platform for Earth observation and astronomy missions.
Xplore selected OrbAstro’s ORB-6 bus because it meets the requirement to fly multiple instruments on a single mission.
OrbAstro worked closely with Xplore to create an affordable solution for highly demanding mission parameters.
Xplore is preparing to launch a suite of sensors on an OrbAstro nanosatellite later in 2022.
Xplore announced a contract on 2022-01-25 to purchase nanosatellites from Orbital Astronautics Ltd.