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Orbit Fab

US
commercialFounded 2018
Boulder, Colorado, United States
www.orbitfab.com
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Orbit Fab planned to ship 15 to 20 RAFTI ports next month, with about half of those ports intended for the U.S. Space Force.

Mentioned as: orbit fabTechnical ProductJan 31, 2024Space Force seeks to clear up confusion over selection of Northrop Grumman’s refueling tech

Orbit Fab is supporting ClearSpace with the design of the CLEAR active debris removal mission funded by the UK Space Agency to enable the service vehicle to be refueled and reused.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipJan 29, 2024Orbit Fab + ClearSpace partner to create in-space refueling service

Customers can purchase fuel from Orbit Fab and have it delivered by partners such as ClearSpace.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipJan 24, 2024Orbit Fab and ClearSpace to develop in-space refueling service

Orbit Fab won a contract to provide hydrazine for the U.S. Space Force Tetra-5 spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralJan 24, 2024Orbit Fab and ClearSpace to develop in-space refueling service

Orbit Fab and ClearSpace collaborated on a U.K.-funded active debris removal mission before expanding their partnership to rapid refueling services.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipJan 24, 2024Orbit Fab and ClearSpace to develop in-space refueling service

Orbit Fab is developing a hydrazine fueling station to be deployed 36,0 m above Earth.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipJan 17, 2024Astroscale reveals concept of operations for its in-orbit refueling vehicle

Orbit Fab received a $13,300,000 contract from the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit to partly fund its hydrazine fueling station.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipJan 17, 2024Astroscale reveals concept of operations for its in-orbit refueling vehicle

Astroscale envisions deploying the LEXI client vehicle in geostationary orbit about 300 km below Orbit Fab’s fueling depot orbit.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralJan 17, 2024Astroscale reveals concept of operations for its in-orbit refueling vehicle

ispace expects to play a pivotal role in procuring propellants in space to power Orbit Fab’s fuel shuttles and depots on cislunar and lunar missions.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabTechnical ProductJan 4, 2024ispace + Orbit Fab to combine talents to pursue + enable sustainable lunar economy

Orbit Fab's Founder and CEO, Daniel Faber, highlighted the partnership's goal of building a sustainable lunar economy.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralJan 4, 2024ispace + Orbit Fab to combine talents to pursue + enable sustainable lunar economy

ispace, inc. and Orbit Fab, Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on in-space propellant harvesting and delivery for future missions to the Moon.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralJan 4, 2024ispace + Orbit Fab to combine talents to pursue + enable sustainable lunar economy

The ispace-Orbit Fab partnership will develop effective propellants and fuels from resources in space, including water, ice, and lunar regolith.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipJan 4, 2024ispace + Orbit Fab to combine talents to pursue + enable sustainable lunar economy

Orbit Fab is deploying its RAFTI™ refueling ports on various government and commercial spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralJan 4, 2024ispace + Orbit Fab to combine talents to pursue + enable sustainable lunar economy

Orbit Fab plans to refuel ispace lunar landers as they travel through space to extend lunar and cislunar missions.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabTechnical ProductJan 4, 2024ispace + Orbit Fab to combine talents to pursue + enable sustainable lunar economy

Orbit Fab has contracts and collaborative agreements to develop and deliver chemical, electric, and green propellants for spacecraft operating in geosynchronous (GEO), low Earth (LEO), and very low Earth orbits (VLEO).

Mentioned as: Orbit FabTechnical ProductDec 12, 2023ispace, Orbit Fab to Collaborate on Sustainable Lunar Economy

Orbit Fab plans to work with lunar exploration company ispace on propellant harvesting and delivery.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipDec 11, 2023Orbit Fab and ispace to collaborate on lunar propellant harvesting and delivery

Orbit Fab plans to establish its in-space refueling business by providing hydrazine for the U.S. Space Force Tetra-5 spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipDec 11, 2023Orbit Fab and ispace to collaborate on lunar propellant harvesting and delivery

Space Machines Company and Orbit Fab are scheduled to launch missions on SpaceX Transporter rideshares in 2024.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralDec 6, 2023Space Machines Company + Orbit Fab join forces to advance on-orbit servicing

Orbit Fab’s fiducial alignment markers are designed to provide position and orientation data to approaching vehicles by functioning like QR codes in space.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabNarrative GeneralDec 6, 2023Space Machines Company + Orbit Fab join forces to advance on-orbit servicing

In a 2025 demonstration mission, Orbit Fab plans to supply the U.S. Space Force Tetra-5 spacecraft with hydrazine.

Mentioned as: Orbit FabOrg RelationshipDec 5, 2023Orbit Fab and Australia’s Space Machines Company cooperate on in-orbit servicing
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