Product/Service - Fuel Shuttle
- Classification
- In-Space Transportation
- Category
- Propellant Refilling
Propellant Refuel Station
- Fields
- Refilling Station
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- 2018
Gas Stations in Space
First operational fuel depot to orbit, Tanker 001 Tenzing, which will provide fuel for the fast growing in-orbit servicing industry, is expected to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 no earlier than in June 2021.
Our refueling service architecture consists of depots in various orbits, and shuttles that will deliver fuel from those depots to client spacecraft.
Client spacecraft, such as Astroscale's LEXI™, are equipped with our RAFTI service valve.
WE’VE RACKED UP A NUMBER OF WORLD-FIRSTS
- First-ever commercially available in-space fueling port (branded RAFTI™)
- First-ever propellant depot operating in Low Earth Orbit, Tanker-001 Tenzing. 6 months from concept to hardware handover.
- First private company to resupply the International Space Station with water. Accomplished within a year of founding, and meeting NASA’s strict guidelines for crew-rated systems.
- Astroscale's LEXI spacecraft, the world's first operational, commercial satellite designed to be refueled, will be equipped with the RAFTI interface.
- First company to have investments from both Lockheed Martin Ventures and Northrop Grumman.
Regolith Donation
News
- Selected by U.S. Air Force to develop an in-space xenon pumping system, which is a key technology for servicing satellites and spacecraft on orbit.
- Orbit Fab Announces $12 million AFWERX STRATFI Program.
- Orbit Fab said in October 2022 that 8090 Industries was a “new major investor” in the company, but did not disclose the size of the investment. The company had previously raised a total of $17 million, including more than $10 million in a September 2021 round that included Lockheed Martin Ventures and Northrop Grumman.
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