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Orbit Fab

US
commercialFounded 2018
Boulder, Colorado, United States
www.orbitfab.com
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Orbit Fab reached an agreement on 2020-11-17 with Spaceflight Inc. to send its first microsatellite into orbit in 2021.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipNov 17, 2020Orbit Fab to launch first fuel tanker in 2021 with Spaceflight

Orbit Fab received a $250,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop a cooperative satellite docking system.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralNov 17, 2020Orbit Fab to launch first fuel tanker in 2021 with Spaceflight

Orbit Fab won a $3,000,000 U.S. Air Force contract in 2020 to flight-qualify RAFTI.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipNov 17, 2020Orbit Fab to launch first fuel tanker in 2021 with Spaceflight

Orbit Fab received a $3,000,000 contract from the U.S. Air Force to fully flight qualify the RAFTI service valve.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipNov 16, 2020Orbit Fab’s First Operational Gas Station In Space To Launch In 2021

Orbit Fab signed an agreement with Spaceflight Inc. to launch the company’s first operational fuel depot to orbit.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralNov 16, 2020Orbit Fab’s First Operational Gas Station In Space To Launch In 2021

Orbit Fab received a $250,000 award from America’s Seed Fund, a grant program run by the National Science Foundation, on 2020-03-31.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralMar 31, 2020Orbit Fab gets award to test satellite refueling technology

Orbit Fab’s docking system technology will build upon its previous work testing fluid transfer technology on the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabTechnical ProductMar 31, 2020Orbit Fab gets award to test satellite refueling technology

Orbit Fab will use the $250,000 NSF award to test a docking system that will allow satellites to be refueled.

Mentioned as: orbit fabTechnical ProductMar 31, 2020Orbit Fab gets award to test satellite refueling technology

The NSF award includes an option for a second phase worth between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000 for Orbit Fab.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative FinancialMar 31, 2020Orbit Fab gets award to test satellite refueling technology

Orbit Fab, founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, plans to operate propellant depots in low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: orbit fabTechnical ProductNov 27, 2019Key enablers: Telespazio Vega’s cloud-based Enable aims to reduce cost of space operations

Orbit Fab will deliver the first RAFTI system to an unidentified customer later 2019-06.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipJun 18, 2019Orbit Fab demonstrates satellite refueling technology on ISS

Orbit Fab completed tests of an experiment called Furphy on the International Space Station on 2019-06-18.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralJun 18, 2019Orbit Fab demonstrates satellite refueling technology on ISS

Orbit Fab became the first private company to supply the ISS with water using its own proprietary refueling equipment and processes.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralJun 18, 2019Orbit Fab demonstrates satellite refueling technology on ISS

Orbit Fab has collaborated with satellite manufacturers to develop RAFTI as a replacement for existing fill-and-drain valves, enabling satellites to be fueled on the ground before launch and refueled in space.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralJun 18, 2019Orbit Fab demonstrates satellite refueling technology on ISS

Orbit Fab raised an initial, unspecified funding round last year from Bolt, a San Francisco-based venture fund that supports pre-seed and seed startups.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabTechnical ProductJun 18, 2019Orbit Fab demonstrates satellite refueling technology on ISS

Orbit Fab is a San Francisco-based startup planning to develop orbiting propellant depots.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabTechnical ProductNov 6, 2018Orbit Fab to test refueling technology on ISS

Orbit Fab is working with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, which operates the national lab portion of the ISS, to fly the propellant-transfer experiment.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipNov 6, 2018Orbit Fab to test refueling technology on ISS

Orbit Fab intends to work with companies developing satellite servicing systems rather than develop its own satellite servicing vehicles.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralAug 28, 2018Startup plans “gas stations” for satellite servicing
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