{"id":8547,"date":"2023-05-26T22:12:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/momentus-signs-a-contract-with-lunasonde-to-deliver-picacho-cubesat-to-orbit\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T22:12:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:12:13","slug":"momentus-signs-a-contract-with-lunasonde-to-deliver-picacho-cubesat-to-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/momentus-signs-a-contract-with-lunasonde-to-deliver-picacho-cubesat-to-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Momentus Signs a Contract with Lunasonde to Deliver Picacho CubeSat to Orbit"},"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\/momentus_C_638207181456095272.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Momentus Signs a Contract with Lunasonde to Deliver Picacho CubeSat to Orbit\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/momentus_C_638207181456095272.jpg\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/momentus_C_638207181456095272.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, has signed a contract with Lunasonde to deliver the Picacho CubeSat to orbit.<\/p>\n<p>Lunasonde is a sub-surface imaging company with the goal of making underground resources \u2013 like water and minerals \u2013 easier to find. The Picacho CubeSat is a technology demonstration of Lunasonde\u2019s sensors. It will measure the power spectral density of low-frequency radio signals in the ionosphere, which will help inform designs for the company\u2019s future satellites. Picacho will fly on the Vigoride-7 spacecraft targeted to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission in October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With more affordable and reliable access to space comes more impactful and dynamic uses of the space environment,\u201d said Momentus Chief Commercial Officer Chris Kinman. &#8220;We thank Lunasonde for their trust and the Momentus team is dedicated to making the orbital delivery of their payload a seamless part of their mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are excited to partner with Momentus on this mission,\u201d said Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lunasonde Jeremiah Pate. \u201cThe responsive and versatile nature of the Vigoride platform has been a fantastic opportunity for our Picacho technology demonstrator, which will pave the way for Lunasonde\u2019s groundbreaking insights into the Earth\u2019s subsurface environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Momentus currently has three Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicles in orbit. The Company has flights scheduled through the end of 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, has signed a contract with Lunasonde to deliver the Picacho CubeSat to orbit. Lunasonde is a sub-surface imaging company with the goal of making underground resources \u2013 like water and minerals \u2013 easier to find. The Picacho CubeSat is a technology [&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":[26,25,20,45],"class_list":["post-8547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-satellite","tag-sensors"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8547"}],"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=8547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}