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ThinkOrbital Inc. of Lafayette, Colorado is collaborating with NASA on ThinkPlatforms, which are self-assembling, single-launch, large-scale orbital platforms, and on CONTESA (Construction Technologies for Space Applications) featuring welding, cutting, inspection, and additive manufacturing technologies for large-scale in-space fabrication.
The companies selected for CCSC-2 are Blue Origin of Kent, Washington; Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Dulles, Virginia; Sierra Space Corporation of Broomfield, Colorado; Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California; Special Aerospace Services of Boulder, Colorado; ThinkOrbital Inc. of Lafayette, Colorado; and Vast Space LLC of Long Beach, California.
ThinkOrbital received a CCSC-2 agreement to refine plans for large in-space platforms for research, manufacturing, and crewed applications.
ThinkOrbital partnered with Redwire, KMI, and Arizona State University to win two research contracts worth $260,000 under the U.S. Space Force Orbital Prime program for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing.
ThinkOrbital is a candidate to be selected for the next phase of the Orbital Prime program, which could be worth up to $1,500,000.
ThinkOrbital assessed that the technologies required to build platforms in low Earth orbit already exist but need engineering to enable autonomous assembly and customer-scalable structures.
ThinkOrbital is developing a spherical habitat called ThinkPlatform that would be assembled in space using a robotic arm.
Maverick Space Systems, Orbital Assembly Company, and ThinkOrbital received red scores from NASA for both technical approach and business plans in the CLD evaluation.