News: Orbit Fab
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- Orbit Fab hires new CEO and raises funding to support satellite refueling business SpaceNews · 7 Jul 2026 With a new chief executive and funding round, satellite refueling company Orbit Fab hopes to make the transition from technology development to operations.
- Orbit Fab, Thales Alenia to study refueling for electric-propulsion satellites SpaceNews · 26 May 2026 The companies will explore integrating Orbit Fab’s refueling interface with electric propulsion systems developed by Thales Alenia Space
- Orbit Fab to lead ESA backed ASTRAL refuelling demo in orbit SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Orbit Fab has secured up to $3.8 million in funding through the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency's Directorate of Connectivity and Secure Communications to lead a European...
- Astroport and Orbit Fab Join Forces for Lunar Exploration Breakthrough SpaceNews · 18 Oct 2024 Milan, Italy – October 16th, 2024 – Astroport Space Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of advanced space exploration solutions, and Orbit Fab, Inc., a pioneer in in-space refueling and resource
- Refuellable satellites offer critical edge amidst intensifying threats in space SpaceNews · 16 Jul 2024 With technical challenges solved, now is the time to invest in refuellable spacecraft, writes Orbit Fab's executive team.
- Orbit Fab Achieves Milestone in In-Space Refueling with Successful GRIP Test The Launch Pad · 2 Jul 2024 Orbit Fab Achieves Milestone in In-Space Refueling with Successful GRIP Test
- Orbit Fab completes ground test of satellite fueling payload SpaceNews · 2 Jul 2024 The company’s refueling nozzle was tested at the Air Force Research Laboratory
- Orbit Fab reveals price tag for its satellite refueling ports SpaceNews · 19 Mar 2024 The company said its RAFTI refueling port has been flight qualified and is commercially available at $30,000 per unit
- Orbit Fab and ClearSpace to develop in-space refueling service SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2024 Orbit Fab and ClearSpace see opportunities to work together on mission extension, transportation and other mobility and logistics services.
- Orbit Fab and ispace to collaborate on lunar propellant harvesting and delivery SpaceNews · 11 Dec 2023 Orbit Fab, a startup developing in-space refueling services, plans to work with lunar exploration company ispace on propellant harvesting and delivery.
- Orbit Fab and Australia’s Space Machines Company cooperate on in-orbit servicing SpaceNews · 5 Dec 2023 Australian in-space servicing startup Space Machines Company announced plans Dec. 5 to work with U.S. on-orbit refueling startup Orbit Fab to validate key technologies.
- Techstars welcomes 12 startups to 2023 Space Accelerator SpaceNews · 11 Sep 2023 It’s Techstars’ first in-person Space Accelerator since its 2019 class, which included Orbit Fab, Pixxel, Zeno Power Systems, Morpheus Space, Hydrosat and Solestial.
- Orbit Fab selects Impulse Space’s orbital vehicle for in-space refueling demo SpaceNews · 25 May 2023 Orbit Fab announced May 25 it selected an orbital vehicle made by startup Impulse Space to host a fuel depot for an in-orbit refueling demonstration funded by the U.S. military.
- Orbit Fab raises $28.5 million SpaceNews · 17 Apr 2023 Orbit Fab, a startup developing in-space satellite refueling services, has raised $28.5 million to accelerate work on its first missions.
- Orbit Fab secures new investor to support satellite refueling efforts SpaceNews · 25 Oct 2022 Orbit Fab, a startup developing infrastructure for in-space refueling of satellites, announced Oct. 25 it lined up a new investor to support those plans.
- Orbit Fab announces in-space hydrazine refueling service SpaceNews · 30 Aug 2022 Orbit Fab, a startup developing infrastructure for in-space refueling of spacecraft, will start offering hydrazine for satellites in geostationary orbit as soon as 2025 at a price of $20 million.
- Orbit Fab to donate regolith to lunar resources trust SpaceNews · 26 Jul 2022 Orbit Fab, a startup that is developing an infrastructure for in-space refueling of spacecraft, announced plans to purchase a small amount of lunar regolith and transfer it to a trust to promote sustainable management of...
- Orbit Fab gets $12 million to integrate refueling port with military satellites SpaceNews · 17 Mar 2022 Orbit Fab, a venture-funded startup offering a refueling service in space, announced it has won a $12 million deal to ensure its fueling interface works with U.S. military satellites.
- Phase Four and Orbit Fab to work on Maxwell engine refueling SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2022 Propulsion startup Phase Four has signed a memorandum of understanding with satellite refueling startup Orbit Fab aimed at preparing future Phase Four Maxwell engines for on-orbit refueling.
- Orbit Fab secures deal to refuel Astroscale’s satellite-servicing robots SpaceNews · 11 Jan 2022 Astroscale U.S., a provider of on-orbit services to extend the life of satellites, has signed an agreement to use Orbit Fab’s in-space fuel tankers.
- Orbit Fab signs technology sharing agreement with U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2021 Orbit Fab, a venture-funded startup offering a refueling service in space, has signed a technology sharing agreement with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.
- Orbit Fab to launch propellant tanker to fuel satellites in geostationary orbit SpaceNews · 24 Sep 2021 Orbit Fab, a startup offering a refueling service in space, will launch a propellant tanker to geostationary orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 lunar lander mission projected for late 2022 or early 2023.
- Satellite operators to test a new collaboration tool designed to help prevent collisions SpaceNews · 12 Aug 2021 OneWeb, Spire Global and Orbit Fab will test a new collaboration platform developed by Slingshot Aerospace to help satellite operators share space traffic information.
- Orbit Fab and Benchmark Space Systems to partner on in-space refueling technologies SpaceNews · 23 Feb 2021 Two startups are partnering on technology that they hope can jump-start the market for in-space refueling of satellites.
- Orbit Fab to launch first fuel tanker in 2021 with Spaceflight SpaceNews · 17 Nov 2020 Orbit Fab, a startup preparing to establish fuel depots in space, announced an agreement Nov. 17 with Spaceflight Inc. to send its first microsatellite into orbit in 2021.
- Orbit Fab gets award to test satellite refueling technology SpaceNews · 31 Mar 2020
- Orbit Fab to test refueling technology on ISS SpaceNews · 5 Nov 2018