Orbit Fab

Orbit Fab is an aerospace company founded in 2018 to eliminate the single-use spacecraft paradigm with in-space refueling. It has resupplied water to the ISS, launched the first commercial fuel depot into LEO, and developed the RAFTI refueling interface. The company has signed commercial and U.S. Government fuel delivery deals, including a $13.3 million contract with the U.S. Space Force.

Orbit Fab was founded in 2018 to eliminate the single-use spacecraft paradigm with in-space refueling. In 2019, it became the first private company to resupply water to the ISS. In 2021, it launched the first commercial fuel depot into LEO, received investment from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, and signed a research agreement with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. In 2022, it signed the first commercial refueling services deal and the first U.S. DoD refueling services contract, and opened a UK office. In 2023, it secured Series A funding. In 2024, RAFTI earned flight qualification and became commercially available, the first GRIP was delivered, the first UK Space Agency contract was signed, and the U.S. Space Force approved RAFTI as an accepted refueling interface.

First commercial spacecraft refueling service provider, targeting government and commercial satellites.

• RAFTI

  Refueling interface for spacecraft

• GRIP

  Hardware product

• UMPIRE

  Mission planning software

• 2020.03.31

  Reported2020.03.31

  Orbit Fab secures NSF contract for satellite-refueling technology development[6]Orbit Fab获得NSF合约以开发卫星加注技术techcrunch.com

  Orbit Fab secured a new contract from the National Science Foundation’s America’s Seed Fund to develop a solution for spacecraft rendezvous and docking. The article says phase one includes $250,000 for an initial demonstration.

• Unconfirmed

  Benchmark signs mobility-as-a-service agreements with SCOUT and Orbit Fab[7]Benchmark与SCOUT和Orbit Fab签署出行即服务协议vermontbiz.com

  Benchmark Space Systems announced that SCOUT and Orbit Fab were the first companies to sign mobility-as-a-service agreements with it, using Benchmark’s propulsion services for their spacecraft missions.

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1. 1Orbit Fab Homepageorbitfab.com
2. 2About Usorbitfab.com
3. 3Contactorbitfab.com
4. 4Colorado Startup Wins $13.3 Million US Contract for Satellite Refuelingorbitfab.com
5. 5Wikidatawikidata.org
6. 6Orbit Fab获得NSF合约以开发卫星加注技术techcrunch.com
7. 7Benchmark与SCOUT和Orbit Fab签署出行即服务协议vermontbiz.com