{"id":2294,"date":"2025-12-17T11:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T11:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/momentus-completes-environmental-testing-of-vigoride-7-orbital-service-vehicle\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T11:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T11:19:58","slug":"momentus-completes-environmental-testing-of-vigoride-7-orbital-service-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/momentus-completes-environmental-testing-of-vigoride-7-orbital-service-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Momentus Completes Environmental Testing of Vigoride-7 Orbital Service Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover17122_639015436699850803.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Momentus Completes Environmental Testing of Vigoride-7 Orbital Service Vehicle\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover17122_639015436699850803.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover17122_639015436699850803.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Momentus, a US commercial space company offering satellite buses, satellite components, and in-space infrastructure services, announced the successful completion of Environmental Testing of its Vigoride-7 Orbital Service Vehicle, scheduled to launch aboard SpaceX&#8217;s Transporter-16 mission targeted for launch no earlier than March 2026. Vigoride 7 is scheduled to carry payloads for several customers, including the&nbsp;U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, and commercial customers, which will generate new revenue.<\/p>\n<p>The rigorous testing campaign included<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thermal Testing, which simulated the extreme temperature swings of space to validate spacecraft performance and reliability; and<\/li>\n<li>Vibration Testing was conducted at Experior Laboratories,&nbsp;which exposed Vigoride-7 to the mechanical stresses of launch conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: Momentus&#8217; Vigoride-7 Orbital Service Vehicle Successfully Completes Vibration Testing<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Tom Malko, SVP Engineering and Operations of Momentus, commented:&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cCompleting thermal and vibration testing is a critical milestone for Vigoride-7. These campaigns validate that our spacecraft can withstand the demanding conditions of launch and the space environment, giving our customers confidence in mission success.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Momentus<strong><\/strong> continues to advance its vision of providing flexible, affordable, and reliable in-space transportation and services, supporting the growing demand for satellite deployment, orbital logistics, and pioneering in-space assembly missions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Momentus, a US commercial space company offering satellite buses, satellite components, and in-space infrastructure services, announced the successful completion of Environmental Testing of its Vigoride-7 Orbital Service Vehicle, scheduled to launch aboard SpaceX&#8217;s Transporter-16 mission targeted for launch no earlier than March 2026. Vigoride 7 is scheduled to carry payloads for several customers, including the&nbsp;U.S. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,25,20],"class_list":["post-2294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}