Created: 2022-04-16
Updated: 2024-07-15
Company - Gravitics
Product/Service - StarMax
- Classification
- Space Stations & Habitats
- Category
- Commercial Space Station
Commercial ISS Module
- Fields
- Commercial ISS Module
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- 2026
- StarMax’s rigid body allows it to be outfitted with internal systems and accommodations on the ground, and can also have exterior systems like solar panels, radiators and additional payloads all set up before launching to space.
- Complete with flexible docking and berthing systems, its modular design enables endless possibilities for configuration. StarMax’s exterior hull is composed of thick-gauge aluminum, which gives it the highest safety factor of any human-rated spacecraft.
- Other than habitation, the StarMax can be outfitted for many use cases including as a propellant depot, a spacecraft ‘garage’ and a manufacturing and science laboratory.
- The StarMax platform is quite versatile because it’s designed to be a building block for space stations and other space infrastructure.
Gravitics Awarded U.S. Space Force Contract for Tactically Responsive Space Development, 2024-04-25.
- Gravitics, Inc. announced today it has been awarded a $1.7M Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct-to-Phase II contract from SpaceWERX.
- Under this contract, Gravitics will leverage its commercial space station product architecture to develop orbital platforms that will enable rapid and flexible response options for the United States Space Force.
- Gravitics’ commercial space station modules can support a wide range of military and civilian applications, including in-space rapid response applications.
Gravitics to Build Space Infrastructure for Commercial Space Station, 2024-07-09.
- Awarded a $125-million contract by Axiom Space to provide a pressurized spacecraft that will support Axiom Station operations.
- The Gravitics spacecraft will play a utility role and will be capable of providing various services while attached to the commercial space station.
- Gravitics is developing spacecraft technology for a variety of space applications, with key customers including Axiom Space and the U.S. Space Force. The company offers 4-meter diameter spacecraft sized for today’s launch vehicles and larger options that will be enabled as new launch vehicles come online, like SpaceX’s Starship.
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