Need a Lift? Astroscale and Momentus Team to Offer NASA a Commercial Solution to Reboost Hubble and Deliver Additional In-Space Servicing
09 Maio 2023 - 8:57AM
Business Wire
Reboost would extend the life of this iconic
33-year-old, billion-dollar space telescope and build on its
successful heritage of countless scientific discoveries and
in-space servicing
Astroscale U.S. Inc., the market leader in securing long-term
orbital sustainability across all orbits and Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ:
MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital
transportation and in-space infrastructure services, are
collaborating to offer NASA a sustainable solution for its Hubble
Reboost efforts.
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Photo of the Hubble Space Telescope in
orbit. Credit: NASA
The two companies recently responded to NASA’s Hubble Reboost
RFI in a joint proposal. The mission’s objectives include safe
relocation of Hubble and removal of nearby threatening debris from
the celebrated space telescope’s new orbit.
“Leveraging Momentus’ flight heritage with three orbital service
vehicles on-orbit today and Astroscale’s expertise in RPOD
(rendezvous, proximity operations and docking), we found our
product suites to be synergistic in support of a major NASA
mission,” said John Rood, Momentus Chief Executive Officer. “Even
at 33, Hubble is fully capable of continuing its mission; where it
is aging is in its orbital stability. I am thrilled that we
collaborated to offer NASA a very cost-effective way to continue to
operate this billion-dollar scientific investment by leveraging new
robotic in-space servicing technology.”
The proposed mission concept, a commercial solution to extend
the life of this important national asset without risk to humans,
includes launching a Momentus Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle
(OSV) to low-Earth orbit on a small launch vehicle. Once on orbit,
Astroscale’s RPOD technology built into the OSV would be used to
safely rendezvous, approach and then complete a robotic capture of
the telescope. Once mated, the OSV would perform a series of
maneuvers to raise the Hubble by 50 km. Removal of surrounding and
threatening space debris in Hubble’s new orbit using the Vigoride
and Astroscale’s RPOD capabilities will be prioritized after the
completion of the primary reboost mission.
“The Hubble’s need for a reboost should be an important wake-up
call as to why the space industry needs dynamic and responsive
in-space infrastructure, and in this case, to extend opportunities
to explore our universe,” said Ron Lopez, President and Managing
Director of Astroscale U.S. “The proliferation of in-space
servicing and assembly allows us to reimagine how our investments
are managed in space; it is the foundation on which the new space
age is being built. What we’ve proposed to NASA are options—options
that were not available during the five previous crewed servicing
missions and that leverage the best of in-space servicing to
achieve mission objectives and advance U.S. leadership in
space.”
About Astroscale U.S.
Astroscale U.S. Inc. provides on-orbit services and logistics
across all orbits for commercial operators, the U.S. government and
partner governments around the world. Astroscale U.S. is
headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and is a subsidiary of
Tokyo-based Astroscale Holdings Inc., the first private company
with a vision to secure the safe and sustainable development of
space for the benefit of future generations, and the only company
solely dedicated to on-orbit services across all orbits. Astroscale
Israel Ltd., based in Tel Aviv, is a subsidiary of and serves as
the research and payload development team for Astroscale U.S.
Astroscale U.S. leverages the best of investments and developments
made by Astroscale engineering, policy and business teams
domestically and in Japan, the United Kingdom and Israel to provide
flexibility and value for space operations in the U.S. and partner
nations.
About Momentus
Momentus is a U.S. commercial space company that offers in-space
infrastructure services, including in-space transportation, hosted
payloads and in-orbit services. Momentus believes it can make new
ways of operating in space possible with its planned in-space
transfer and service vehicles that will be powered by an innovative
water plasma-based propulsion system.
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