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Solestial will supply large solar blankets for two Atomos solar-electric orbital transfer vehicles slated to begin flying in late 2024 or early 2025.
Atomos’ orbital transfer vehicles require large solar arrays to move commercial and government satellites relatively quickly from low Earth orbit to geostationary orbit and from geostationary transfer orbit to geostationary orbit.
The Atomos contract provides validation for Solestial’s technology from a customer with a demanding mission.
Atomos plans to test a small Solestial photovoltaic panel on an orbital transfer vehicle demonstration launching on a SpaceX Transporter rideshare flight in early 2024.
Solestial will supply solar arrays for space tugs developed by Atomos Space.
Solestial's photovoltaic system will provide primary power for Atomos Space's solar-electric orbital transfer vehicles on two subsequent commercial missions beginning in late 2024.
Atomos Space is developing high-power orbital transfer vehicles to provide a range of in-space transportation services to satellite operators.
After the initial demonstration, subsequent Solestial blanket shipsets will power two Atomos orbital transfer vehicles that will provide deployment services to constellation operators in low Earth orbit and relocation services to operators in other orbits.
Solestial’s photovoltaic system will provide primary power for Atomos’s solar-electric orbital transfer vehicles on two subsequent commercial missions beginning in late 2024.
Atomos Space’s Orbital Transfer Vehicles will provide in-space transportation services to customers and launch aggregation services of multiple customer spacecraft for launch on Gilmour vehicles.
Atomos Space provides in-space transportation and orbit-raising services to satellites to enable access to difficult-to-reach orbits.
Seven additional companies, including Atomos, Exotrail, Firefly Aerospace, Launcher, Space Machines, Exolaunch, and Impulse Space, are preparing to enter the market with initial flights scheduled in the next three years.
Since the 2021 investment, Atomos Space has completed ground testing of its autonomous rendezvous and docking technology and its integrated propulsion system.
Atomos Space expects to launch its first two spacecraft, Quark and Gluon, in 2023.
Atomos Space has won and executed over $2,000,000 in contracts with NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Space Force.
Cantos Ventures invested in Atomos Space in 2021 and that investment brought Atomos Space’s total capital raised in 2021 to $5,000,000.
Atomos Space announced on 2022-01-12 that it raised $5,000,000 that it had first sought in 2020 to develop its space-tug business.
Atomos Space has executed over $2,000,000 in contracts with NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Space Force to support its OTV plans.
The $5,000,000 funding round for Atomos Space paves the way for launching its first two spacecraft in 2023.
Atomos Space’s first two spacecraft and another planned for late 2024 will use solar-powered systems.