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Orbit Fab

US
commercialFounded 2018
Boulder, Colorado, United States
www.orbitfab.com
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Orbit Fab’s Tanker-001 satellite was launched 2021-06-30 and serves as an example of an orbiting propellant depot.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralAug 18, 2021Former Momentus CTO reveals competing space logistics venture

Benchmark partnered with Orbit Fab to launch mobile hydrogen-peroxide-based in-space refueling kits.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipJun 24, 2021Pay As-You-Go Propulsion Service From Benchmark Space Systems Unlocks OSAM Innovations

Benchmark will debut a Halcyon system equipped with Orbit Fab’s RAFTI refueling kit aboard the SpaceX Transporter 2 rideshare mission scheduled for Friday, 2021-06-25 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipJun 24, 2021Pay As-You-Go Propulsion Service From Benchmark Space Systems Unlocks OSAM Innovations

Benchmark partnered with Orbit Fab to launch mobile hydrogen-peroxide-based in-space refueling kits.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipJun 23, 2021Press Release: Benchmark Unveils In-Space Mobility Service to Unlock OSAM Innovations

Benchmark will debut the first Halcyon system equipped with Orbit Fab’s RAFTI refueling kit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-2 rideshare mission scheduled for 2021-06-25 on a Falcon 9 rocket.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipJun 23, 2021Press Release: Benchmark Unveils In-Space Mobility Service to Unlock OSAM Innovations

Orbit Fab’s Tanker 1 mission is launching next month aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and will host RPOD demonstrations.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative PlanMay 18, 2021Precision, On-Orbit Servicing Is The Focus of Starfish Space + Benchmark Space Systems Strategic Collaboration

Orbit Fab operates satellite refueling services branded as Gas Stations in Space and produces Satellite Gas Cap fueling ports.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabTechnical ProductMay 11, 2021Full Deployment Of Their First Fund Announced By SpaceFund

Spaceflight Inc. signed launch agreements with Lynk, Astro Digital, Kleos, BlackSky, Umbra, Orbit Fab, and several undisclosed U.S. government payloads.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabTechnical ProductMar 3, 2021Spaceflight Inc. Signs Multiple Launch Agreements to Start 2021

Orbit Fab plans a technical demonstration of the bundled refueling solution at the SpaceX launch pad and in space aboard its first operational fuel depot to be launched on a Falcon 9 later in 2021.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipFeb 23, 2021Press Release: Orbit Fab and Benchmark Space Systems Team to Establish In-Space High-Test Peroxide-based Refueling, Servicing Infrastructure

A technical demonstration of the bundled refueling solution is scheduled at a SpaceX launch pad and in space aboard Orbit Fab’s first operational fuel depot to be launched on a Falcon 9 later 2021.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralFeb 23, 2021Orbit Fab + Benchmark Space Systems Team Up For In-Space, High-Test, Peroxide-based Refueling, Servicing Infrastructure

Orbit Fab and Benchmark Space Systems are partnering to establish a hydrogen-peroxide-based refueling and servicing infrastructure for in-space operations.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabTechnical ProductFeb 23, 2021Press Release: Orbit Fab and Benchmark Space Systems Team to Establish In-Space High-Test Peroxide-based Refueling, Servicing Infrastructure

Benchmark will test fueling Tanker-001 Tenzing on the ground before launch using an interface called RAFTI developed by Orbit Fab.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative PlanFeb 23, 2021Orbit Fab and Benchmark Space Systems to partner on in-space refueling technologies

Astro Digital is integrating Orbit Fab’s fuel tanker with Benchmark’s Halcyon system for positioning and steering on an AD Corvus microsatellite bus launching to sun-synchronous orbit.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipFeb 23, 2021Press Release: Orbit Fab and Benchmark Space Systems Team to Establish In-Space High-Test Peroxide-based Refueling, Servicing Infrastructure

Astro Digital is integrating Orbit Fab’s fuel tanker, including Benchmark’s Halcyon system, for positioning and steering on an AD Corvus Micro Satellite bus launching to sun-synchronous orbit.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipFeb 23, 2021Orbit Fab + Benchmark Space Systems Team Up For In-Space, High-Test, Peroxide-based Refueling, Servicing Infrastructure

Orbit Fab received funding from Munich Re Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Munich Re Group.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipJan 12, 2021Orbit Fab + SCOUT To Host The 1st Commercial Inspection Payload for SSA

Orbit Fab previously signed an agreement with Spaceflight Inc. to launch its first operational fuel depot to orbit in 2021.

Mentioned as: orbit fabTechnical ProductJan 12, 2021Orbit Fab + SCOUT To Host The 1st Commercial Inspection Payload for SSA

Orbit Fab’s fuel depots are designed to sustain spacecraft equipped with the Self-Driving Satellite™ docking kit known as SPARK.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralDec 17, 2020Additional Seed Funding for Orbit Fab’s Gas Stations in Space™

Orbit Fab signed an agreement with Spaceflight Inc. to launch its first operational fuel depot to orbit in 2021.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipDec 17, 2020Additional Seed Funding for Orbit Fab’s Gas Stations in Space™

The U.S. Air Force selected Orbit Fab to fully flight qualify the RAFTI service valve.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipDec 17, 2020Additional Seed Funding for Orbit Fab’s Gas Stations in Space™

Orbit Fab raised a seed extension round for its Gas Stations in Space™ propellant supply chain led by Munich Re Ventures.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabTechnical ProductDec 17, 2020Additional Seed Funding for Orbit Fab’s Gas Stations in Space™
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