Tag: D-Orbit
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South Korea Commits 40B Won to OTV Race Already Underway
Is South Korea Too Late to the Orbital Transfer Vehicle Market? South Korea’s government is committing 40 billion won to develop and demonstrate a flight-model orbital transfer vehicle by 2029 — entering a space logistics race that Impulse Space, D-Orbit, and Rocket Lab USA have been running for years. The Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) is…
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D-Orbit Lands ArkEdge Space SSO Contract for 2027-2028
Is D-Orbit’s ION the Logistics Backbone for Japan’s Small-Satellite Sector? D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier will deploy ArkEdge Space microsatellites to sun-synchronous orbit across multiple missions in 2027 and 2028, under a contract announced July 8 in Japan — a deal D-Orbit’s Orbital Access Business Unit director Matteo Andreas Lorenzoni called "one of the most significant…
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Reflex Aerospace Selects Arkadia Space Propulsion System for 2027 Satellite Mission
German satellite manufacturer Reflex Aerospace has selected Spanish startup Arkadia Space to provide the propulsion system for a commercial satellite mission scheduled to launch in 2027, marking the first time Reflex will deploy a chemical-propulsion system on one of its spacecraft. Under the agreement, Reflex’s 200-kilogram satellite will use Arkadia Space’s Triton 5N monopropellant engine…
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Arkadia Space Secures €14.5 Million EU Funding to Advance Green Satellite Propulsion
Arkadia Space has secured €14.5 million in funding from the European Innovation Council Accelerator programme, as it works to commercialise a more environmentally friendly satellite propulsion system. The funding package includes a €2.5 million grant, €6 million in equity investment from the EIC Fund, and approximately €6 million from private investors. The support underscores the…
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Azimut Finalises €110 Million Club Deal to Invest in Space Logistics Firm D-Orbit
Italian asset manager Azimut Group has completed a €110 million club deal to invest in D-Orbit, a provider of orbital logistics services and infrastructure for space operations, the company said on Thursday. The fundraising reached its target in less than two weeks, highlighting strong investor appetite for exposure to the space infrastructure sector, which is…
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D-Orbit sets course to expand beyond space transportation services
Italian company D-Orbit has been launching customer payloads aboard its Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTVs) for the past five years. In that time, the company has positioned itself as a reliable space transportation provider and hosting platform. The company now plans to extend into on-orbit servicing and refueling missions, end-of-mission disposal, and cross-orbit transportation, including to…
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Starfish tests satellite rendezvous system — and wins a $37.5M Space Force contract
An artist’s conception shows the Otter Pup satellite. (Starfish Space Illustration) Months after Starfish Space said it was giving up on its plan to test its satellite docking system in orbit, due to a thruster failure, the Tukwila, Wash.-based startup managed to coax one last rendezvous out of its first space mission. And this week…
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SpaceX launches Transporter 7 rideshare mission from California
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with 51 small satellites and payloads. Credit: SpaceX After several delays to wait for improved weather, SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 rocket into space late Friday night from California’s Central Coast with 51 small satellites, payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles from customers…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches rideshare mission with 51 small payloads
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with 51 CubeSats, microsatellites, hosted payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles on the Transporter 7 rideshare mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX Webcast”] [tabbyending]
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The cloud in orbit: Amazon Web Services demonstrates data analysis on a satellite
An artist’s conception shows D-Orbit’s ION spacecraft deploying smaller satellites. (D-Orbit Illustration) For the past 10 months, Amazon Web Services has been running data through its cloud-based software platform on what’s arguably the world’s edgiest edge: a satellite in low Earth orbit. The experiment, revealed today during AWS’ re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, is aimed…