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NanoRacks

US
commercialFounded 2009
Webster, Texas, United States
nanoracks.com/
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Nanoracks is the only other company deploying satellites from the ISS and currently cannot launch satellites as large as 110 kg.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative GeneralJan 7, 2022From contractor to satellite operator: Q&A with Sidus Space CEO Carol Craig

Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin announced a space station concept called Starlab on 2021-10-21 that could be ready as soon as 2027.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipDec 3, 2021NASA awards funding to three commercial space station concepts

A team led by Nanoracks that includes Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin received the largest CLD award of $160,000,000.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipDec 3, 2021NASA awards funding to three commercial space station concepts

The initial $160,000,000 award to Nanoracks is provided via a funded Space Act Agreement through 2025.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksTechnical ProductDec 2, 2021NASA’s Space Station Replacement Development Design Awards Nanoracks, Voyager Space + Lockheed Martin

Nanoracks was selected as one of three awardees to work with NASA on Commercial LEO Development.

Mentioned as: NanoracksOrg RelationshipDec 2, 2021NASA’s Space Station Replacement Development Design Awards Nanoracks, Voyager Space + Lockheed Martin

Nanoracks, in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin, was awarded a $160,000,000 contract by NASA to design the Starlab commercial space station under the agency’s Commercial Low-Earth Orbit Development program.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipDec 2, 2021NASA’s Space Station Replacement Development Design Awards Nanoracks, Voyager Space + Lockheed Martin

Nanoracks has more than a decade of experience in commercial ISS utilization and has delivered over 1,300 commercial payloads from 30 nations to the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipDec 2, 2021NASA’s Space Station Replacement Development Design Awards Nanoracks, Voyager Space + Lockheed Martin

Maritime Launch Services signed a contract with Nanoracks and a Letter of Intent to launch with Nova Scotia-based GALAXIA Mission Systems.

Mentioned as: NanoracksOrg RelationshipNov 22, 2021Maritime Launch Services First Payload Services Provider Is Nanoracks — Spaceport Nova Scotia Is ‘Unveiled’

Nanoracks and Voyager Space Holdings partnered with Lockheed Martin to develop the Starlab commercial space station.

Mentioned as: NanoracksOrg RelationshipNov 12, 2021Nanoracks hires new CEO

Nanoracks announced the leadership change on 2021-11-11.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative GeneralNov 12, 2021Nanoracks hires new CEO

NASA was responsible for launching the GITAI S1 to the ISS and installing it inside the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock.

Mentioned as: NanoracksOrg RelationshipOct 28, 2021Space robotics start-up GITAI completes successful technology demonstration inside the ISS

Nanoracks provided the launch opportunity, on-orbit operations, and data downlink for the GITAI S1 technology demonstration.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative GeneralOct 28, 2021Space robotics start-up GITAI completes successful technology demonstration inside the ISS

IVA activities were also conducted by remote control from the Nanoracks mission control center, referred to as 'BRIDGE', in Houston.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNoiseOct 28, 2021Space robotics start-up GITAI completes successful technology demonstration inside the ISS

GITAI Japan, Inc. conducted a technology demonstration of the GITAI autonomous space robot S1 inside the ISS Nanoracks Bishop Airlock from October 13-16.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative GeneralOct 28, 2021Space robotics start-up GITAI completes successful technology demonstration inside the ISS

Orbital Reef joins Starlab, a commercial space station concept announced 2021-10-21 by Nanoracks, Voyager Space Holdings, and Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative GeneralOct 25, 2021Blue Origin and Sierra Space announce plans for commercial space station

Nanoracks is providing the launch opportunity, on-orbit operations, and data downlink for the GITAI S1 robot.

Mentioned as: nanoracksTechnical ProductAug 31, 2021SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the GITAI robot successfully launches and arrives at the ISS

GITAI is collaborating with Nanoracks to conduct a technical demonstration of the GITAI S1 robot executing tasks inside the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock at the ISS.

Mentioned as: NanoracksOrg RelationshipAug 31, 2021SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the GITAI robot successfully launches and arrives at the ISS

All operations conducted by the GITAI S1 robotic arm will be autonomous, with some teleoperations managed from Nanoracks' mission control center in Houston.

Mentioned as: NanoracksOrg RelationshipAug 31, 2021SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the GITAI robot successfully launches and arrives at the ISS

The Dragon is carrying a small robotic arm developed by Japanese company GITAI to be tested in Nanoracks’s Bishop commercial airlock.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative GeneralAug 29, 2021SpaceX ends launch hiatus with cargo Dragon mission

Nanoracks developed and installed the Bishop commercial airlock module on the International Space Station in December, enabling the company to launch more satellites and install external payloads.

Mentioned as: NanoracksTechnical ProductAug 5, 2021China’s space station emerges as competitor to commercial ventures
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