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Orbital Reef is designed to provide end-to-end services including space transportation and logistics, space habitation, equipment accommodation, and operations with onboard crew.
Orbital Reef was unveiled in October 2021 by Blue Origin and Sierra Space as part of a partnership that includes Boeing and Redwire Space.
NASA awarded a $130,000,000 Space Act Agreement to the companies developing Orbital Reef as part of the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations (CLD) program.
Orbital Reef’s open architecture infrastructure is designed to host diverse tenants and businesses with accommodations for multiple users.
NASA selected Orbital Reef for a funded Space Act Agreement through NASA’s Commercial LEO Development program.
Sierra Space and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries signed a memorandum of understanding on 2022-03-17 to study collaboration on technologies to support the Orbital Reef commercial space station.
Orbital Reef is a commercial space station announced last October with Sierra Space as one of the lead partners.
The Orbital Reef team received $130,000,000 from NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations program in December to support design work on the station.
NASA selected Orbital Reef for a funded Space Act Agreement to collaborate on designing a commercially owned and operated space station in low Earth orbit.
A Blue Origin-led team received a $130,000,000 CLD award for the Orbital Reef space station concept announced 2021-10-25.
NASA selected Orbital Reef for a funded Space Act Agreement on 2021-12-02 to collaborate on designing a commercially owned and operated space station in low Earth orbit.
Both LIFE and Dream Chaser are part of Orbital Reef, the commercial space station concept announced 2021-10-25 by a team that includes Sierra Space, Blue Origin, Boeing, and Redwire.
The consortium declined to provide a total cost for Orbital Reef, though the project’s estimated cost was characterized as at least an order of magnitude less than the ISS’s estimated $100,000,000,000 price tag.
Orbital Reef joins Starlab, a commercial space station concept announced 2021-10-21 by Nanoracks, Voyager Space Holdings, and Lockheed Martin.
Boeing will provide a science module for Orbital Reef and supply its CST-100 Starliner crew vehicle while handling station operations, maintenance, and engineering.
Genesis Engineering Solutions will provide a Single Person Spacecraft pod that it is developing for use on Orbital Reef.
Orbital Reef’s baseline configuration is designed to accommodate up to 10 people, provide 100 kilowatts of power, and have a volume a little more than 90% that of the International Space Station.
Blue Origin will develop large-diameter core modules and utility systems for Orbital Reef and provide launch services using its New Glenn rocket under development.