Log in
Enquire now
‌

Momentus Inc. SBIR Phase I Award, December 2019

A SBIR Phase I contract was awarded to Momentus Space in December, 2019 for $50,000.0 USD from the U.S. Department of Defense and United States Air Force.

OverviewStructured DataIssuesContributors

Contents

AbstractTimelineTable: Further ResourcesReferences
sbir.gov/node/1940063
Is a
SBIR/STTR Awards
SBIR/STTR Awards

SBIR/STTR Award attributes

SBIR/STTR Award Recipient
Momentus Space
Momentus Space
Government Agency
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Department of Defense
1
Government Branch
United States Air Force
United States Air Force
1
Award Type
SBIR1
Contract Number (US Government)
FA8649-20-P-01581
Award Phase
Phase I1
Award Amount (USD)
50,0001
Date Awarded
December 12, 2019
1
End Date
December 12, 2020
1
Abstract

New large launch vehicles such as Starship (formerly BFR) and New Glenn, will be well positioned to deliver large numbers of small satellites to low earth or medium earth orbit. But these new services will not be able to place large number of satellites in different orbit planes within a single launch. It would also be impractical and cost-prohibitive to have satellites under 500 kgs carry high power thrusters to perform the necessary maneuvers. The most economical approach to fast, low-cost deployment of small satellite constellations is to use a low-cost satellite shuttle service to complete satellite plane transfers and other orbital adjustments once the launch vehicle has reached low-earth orbit (LEO) or medium-earth orbit (MEO). Momentus’ low-cost Satellite Shuttle Service could more than halve the CAPEX required to launch and maintain LEO constellations. The new service could also be used to reduce on-orbit sparing by providing the ability to park satellites in orbit for later deployment into any needed orbit plane in a satellite constellation.

Timeline

No Timeline data yet.

Further Resources

Title
Author
Link
Type
Date
No Further Resources data yet.

References

Find more entities like Momentus Inc. SBIR Phase I Award, December 2019

Use the Golden Query Tool to find similar entities by any field in the Knowledge Graph, including industry, location, and more.
Open Query Tool
Access by API
Golden Query Tool
Golden logo

Company

  • Home
  • Press & Media
  • Blog
  • Careers
  • WE'RE HIRING

Products

  • Knowledge Graph
  • Query Tool
  • Data Requests
  • Knowledge Storage
  • API
  • Pricing
  • Enterprise
  • ChatGPT Plugin

Legal

  • Terms of Service
  • Enterprise Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy

Help

  • Help center
  • API Documentation
  • Contact Us
By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Service.