Intuitive Machines and Johns Hopkins APL Partner to Advance Safe, Secure, and Reliable Lunar Infrastructure
21 Novembro 2024 - 10:31AM
Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) (“Intuitive
Machines”) (“Company”), a leading space exploration,
infrastructure, and services company, has announced it has entered
into a Cooperation Agreement with the Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory (“APL”) to advance safe, secure, and
reliable lunar communications and navigation infrastructure in
cislunar space. Cislunar space encompasses the region of space that
extends from Earth’s gravitational influence to the Moon’s surface,
including its orbit out to over 2 million kilometers distance.
Under the agreement, Johns Hopkins University APL intends to
collaborate with Intuitive Machines to determine if there are
potential hardware applications that could benefit of the United
States. Intuitive Machines may adapt these advancements for
commercial use, furthering its leadership in the cislunar
economy.
“This partnership is the leap toward establishing safe, secure,
and reliable communications and navigation around the Moon, an area
where we believe technology advancement is needed,” said Intuitive
Machines CEO Steve Altemus. “APL has a strong history of advancing
solutions to critical challenges in defense, national security and
space exploration. We’re excited to combine APL’s innovation with
Intuitive Machines’ proven cislunar expertise.”
“Cislunar space is of critical importance to our nation,” said
Bobby Braun, head of APL’s Space Exploration Sector. “The combined
technical strength of Johns Hopkins APL and Intuitive Machines
holds the promise to dramatically accelerate the achievement of
America’s scientific, exploration and security objectives in
cislunar space.”
This partnership further advances Intuitive Machines’ vision for
building cislunar infrastructure, providing a critical foundation
for space domain awareness, data transmission, and navigation
services. These efforts align with the Company’s Near Space Network
Services contract with NASA to deploy a constellation of lunar data
relay and navigation satellites around the Moon. The lunar
constellation is central to Intuitive Machines’ strategy to
commercialize the Moon, supporting international customers,
commercial ventures, and NASA’s Artemis campaign. The contract
introduces a pay-by-the-minute service model focused on scalable
data transmission and navigation services, a significant step that
the Company believes will boost margin potential through a
subscription-like revenue model.
About Intuitive Machines
Intuitive Machines is a diversified space exploration,
infrastructure, and services company focused on fundamentally
disrupting lunar access economics. In 2024, Intuitive Machines
successfully landed the Company’s Nova-C class lunar lander,
Odysseus, on the Moon, returning the United States to the lunar
surface for the first time since 1972. The Company’s products and
services are offered through its four in-space business units:
Lunar Access Services, Orbital Services, Lunar Data Services, and
Space Products and Infrastructure. For more information, please
visit intuitivemachines.com.
Contacts
For investor inquiries:
investors@intuitivemachines.com
For media inquiries:
press@intuitivemachines.com
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