Liftero (Progesja Space)

Founded
Country
2019
Poland
Funding
Yes, ?
Website
https://www.liftero.com/
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Liftero (Progesja Space)

Product/Service - Motus

Classification
In-Space Transportation
Category
Space Tug
Orbital Transportation
Fields
Transport Service (In-Space)
Status
Development
First launch
2025

Motus is the smallest OTV on the market, providing you with the premium service focused on your needs. Get your constellation quickly deployed to multiple orbits. Host your payload or test your technology without effort.

Motus is a compact and highly agile orbital transportation platform that enables any combination of maneuvers tailored to your mission needs. Powered by proprietary high-performance green chemical propulsion, Motus takes you to any LEO orbit faster.

The funds raised will accelerate the development of Motus, which:

Fly with us (2024-03-02):

  • Q4 2025, Leo Direct-1, SSO 500 – 600 km, Up to 12U*
  • Q1 2026, Leo Direct-1, SSO 500 – 600 km, Up to 32U*

Development of metal selective laser melting (3D printing) technology for microgravity environment with colloid-like feedstock
When considering sustainable human habitation of other planets or space stations, 3D printing of metallic spare parts and hardware is a major enabling technology. This early technology development project will explore a new method to produce ready-to-use metal parts under in-orbit conditions. The method will use a 3D printer fed with a novel form of raw material made by mixing metal powders with a liquid binder to create a solution that can be worked with in microgravity.

Liftero is on track to develop Whisper - a green bipropellant thruster for our smallest OTV on the market - Motus. It is a key enabler technology, and recently we managed to hot-fire test the first Whisper thruster model. More to come, as we aim to demonstrate full tech by Q1 2024.

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