Orbit Fab and ClearSpace to develop in-space refueling service
Orbit Fab and ClearSpace to develop in-space refueling service
Orbit Fab and ClearSpace see opportunities to work together on mission extension, transportation and other mobility and logistics services.
Looks like SpaceX aren't the only ones thinking about on-orbit refuelling.
On-orbit refueling startup Orbit Fab and in-space servicing specialist ClearSpace announced a multifaceted partnership Jan. 24.
Initially, the companies will work together to pair an Orbit Fab fuel depot with a ClearSpace shuttle.
“Customers can buy fuel from Orbit Fab and have it delivered by our partners like ClearSpace,” Daniel Faber, Orbit Fab founded founder and CEO, told SpaceNews.
“Our initial goal is to put our Orbit Fab and ClearSpace hardware together, put it through its paces, and get that platform into orbit in the next two years,” Faber said.
it would be cool if you had a starship tanker or something and all the little tiny refuelling shuttles docked to that and shuttled the fuel to the sats
Our refueling tankers will refuel your refueling takers. Then, you just need to find 3 refueling tankers to refuel...
Other than the DoD wanting to refuel spy satellites to let them move more and not be sitting ducks, has anyone else expressed interest in commercial refueling?