The most efficient space transportation service to deliver missions to Earth Orbit and Deep Space.
Created: 2019-06-12
Updated: 2024-07-11
Company - Space Machines Company
Product/Service - OT-S, Optimus-1
- Classification
- In-Space Transportation
- Category
- Space Tug
In-Space Manufacturing
In-Space Logistics
Transport Service (LEO-GEO)
In-Space Mobility
Active Debris Removal (ADR)
In-Space Assembly
Space Situational Awareness (SSA)
- Fields
- Large Space Structures
Additive Manufacturing (3D printing)
Space Construction Company
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- 2024
Space based manufacturing company that is building machines to produce the space infrastructure of the future. In-Space Mobility will transform and accelerate the development of space economy.
Optimus-1, the largest commercial satellite under construction in Australia, is an orbital transfer vehicle providing cost-effective insertion of small satellites into low Earth orbit.
Our services
- Transporter - Extremely efficient and capable space platforms that can be used to transport cargo and help build infrastructure in space.
- OrbitSide Service - Entirely reusable transportation supporting refueling, lifetime extensions, de-orbiting, repairing, and in-space assembly.
- Exploration as a Service - Cost-effective and versatile transportation platform that supports deep space exploration and scientific research missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
Where we’re headed:
- Q2 2022 - Qualification Launch of our Orbital Transport, Optimus
- Q1 2023 - Limited Commercial Flight of Optimus to Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Q4 2023 - Commercial Flight to LEO and Qualification for Geostationary Orbit (GEO)
- 2024 ONWARDS - Regular Flights to LEO, GEO and Deep-Space Qualification
- Spaceium will showcase its cutting-edge cryogenic storage capabilities on the Space Machines Company’s platform.
- Following this demonstration, Spaceium will refuel Space Machines Company spacecraft’s tank with cryogenic fuel using the stored reserves to highlight Spaceium’s refueling capability.
Space Machines Company targets 2026 for its next launch, 2024-04-19.
- Send an operational fleet of Optimus satellites into orbit within the next two years, bringing it closer to its ambition of providing the galactic equivalent of NRMA’s roadside assistance service.
- “The second, third and fourth vehicles will start to deliver services like inspection, monitoring and the rest of it,” founder Rajat Kulshrestha said. “We expect that in the next 24 months, 18-24 months.”
Space-MAITRI (Mission for Australia-India's Technology, Research, and Innovation)
Status Comment / Notes
As of late 2023, the first launch of Optimus OTV is now scheduled for 2024.
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