{"id":59867,"date":"2020-04-22T22:29:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/momentus-swarm-reach-launch-service-agreement\/"},"modified":"2020-04-22T22:29:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:29:16","slug":"momentus-swarm-reach-launch-service-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/momentus-swarm-reach-launch-service-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Momentus, Swarm Reach Launch Service Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Momentus<\/strong> has reached a launch service agreement with <strong>Swarm Technologies<\/strong>, marking its first constellation customer, the company announced on Wednesday. Momentus is a provider of in-space transportation services for satellites, and Swarm is planning to launch more than 150 small satellites over the next few years to offer worldwide connectivity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The agreement includes a first launch onboard the <strong>SpaceX<\/strong> Falcon 9 rideshare mission planned for December of this year, with additional launches to be scheduled over the 2021-2022 time frame.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Momentus compares its service to the in-space version of a connecting flight. Beginning in 2021, Momentus\u2019 Vigoride in-space shuttle will deliver constellations into their optimal orbits after they are launched via a Falcon 9 rocket. The prototype of the Vigoride vehicle, \u201cEl Camino Real,\u201d was launched and tested last year. The first full-scale Vigoride test mission is planned for Q4 of 2020 on the SpaceX dedicated rideshare mission. \n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSwarm has long been on our radar because the Momentus service model is well-matched with Swarm\u2019s need for low cost, dependable access to space with our unique capability to offer delivery into precision orbits,\u201d said Mikhail Kokorich, CEO of Momentus. \u201cWe look forward to supporting the rollout of their global constellation.\u201d&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Momentus has reached a launch service agreement with Swarm Technologies, marking its first constellation customer, the company announced on Wednesday. Momentus is a provider of in-space transportation services for satellites, and Swarm is planning to launch more than 150 small satellites over the next few years to offer worldwide connectivity.&nbsp; The agreement includes a first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47608,"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":[],"class_list":["post-59867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59867"}],"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=59867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}