3/28/2023 0 Comments Space pioneer momentus![]() Momentus said in the SEC filing that while it lost its role on the Tipping Point contract, “Lockheed has indicated that this action will not impact its ability to do business with Momentus in the future and Momentus currently has another contract with Lockheed.” The company didn’t identify that contract, but Lockheed Martin is cooperating with the University of Southern California on a cubesat program whose first mission will be launched on a Vigoride vehicle. Lockheed Martin told SpaceNews that it is “committed to executing the NASA Cryogenic Demonstration Mission for NASA as we make final decisions on suppliers.” Momentus did not explain in the filing why Lockheed ended their partnership, and a company spokesperson declined to provide additional details. “Lockheed Martin decided not to proceed with Momentus as their partner for the NASA Tipping Point contract,” the company said. However, in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing April 7, Momentus disclosed that Lockheed Martin had dropped Momentus from that contract. Those partners included Momentus, who would integrate the payload on its Vigoride transfer vehicle that would then be launched in October 2023 on Relativity Space’s Terran 1 small launch vehicle. In its own statement about the contract, Lockheed Martin said it was working with several companies to develop and fly the mission. Lockheed’s award was the largest single contract, valued at $89.7 million, to test liquid hydrogen storage technologies on a small satellite. Lockheed was one of 14 companies that received Tipping Point awards from NASA in October 2020 to demonstrate key technologies needed for sustainable lunar exploration. If you enjoy reading Max Q, consider forwarding it to a friend.WASHINGTON - Six months after including it on the team that won a NASA technology contract, Lockheed Martin has quietly dropped in-space transportation company Momentus from that project. Max Q is brought to you by me, Aria Alamalhodaei. United Launch Alliance is targeting May 4 for the debut launch of its Vulcan rocket, CEO Tory Bruno told reporters on a call. ![]() Samsung is planning to integrate cell phone-to-satellite tech into its line of “Exynos” modem processors, and presumably to future smartphones.It’s unclear how that money will be spent. Texas Governor Greg Abbott wants to establish a Texas Space Commission, and is requesting $350 million from legislators to fund the commission for two years.Terran Orbital scored a $2.4 billion contract to design and build 300 satellites for Rivada Space Networks, which will be paid out via “milestone payments,” according to filings.SpaceX is changing prices for Starlink residential customers, raising prices in some “limited capacity” areas but lowering prices in “excess capacity” areas.Polaris Dawn, the first private spaceflight mission of billionaire Jared Isaacman’s Polaris Program, is now scheduled to launch this summer.Payload’s Mo Islam offered a really smart prediction of SpaceX’s 2023 revenue, adding that he expects a Starlink IPO is likely over the next 18-24 months.Momentus released a slew of news this week: It announced three missions for 2023 a $10 million investment that it was settling a lawsuit for $8.5 million, of which around $4 million is expected to be paid by insurance and that its Vigoride-5 spacecraft is in good health.Kreios Space, a startup developing an electric propulsion system for very low Earth orbit, landed a new investment from Swiss investment firm SpaceQuest Ventures.Image Credits: Relativity Space More news from TC and beyond “For the most part, the combined team now plus a few more folks, we’ll be able to do quite a bit.” “Acquisitions typically go pretty wrong,” he said. More generally, McCaleb said that acquisitions are not part of Vast’s larger strategy. The deal could be a big accelerator for Vast the company’s founder, billionaire crypto pioneer Jed McCaleb, said Vast will use the Orbiter tug to test space station subsystems and components in orbit as soon as June of this year, and then again around October. Under the terms of the deal, Vast will also absorb all of Launcher’s talent, including Launcher founder Max Haot, who will join as president. The acquisition, a first for Vast, will give the company access to Launcher’s Orbiter space tug and payload platform and its liquid rocket engine, E-2. Vast Space, a company that emerged from stealth last September with the aim of building artificial gravity space stations in low Earth orbit, has acquired space tug startup Launcher. Vast acquires Launcher in quest to build artificial gravity space stations News from Momentus, United Launch Alliance and more.Artificial gravity space station startup Vast makes its first acquisition.Hello and welcome back to Max Q! Today we’re thinking of the four astronauts heading to the International Space Station.
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