Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
Orbital Robotics and Arkisys plan ISS autonomous-arm demonstrations for 2027
- Astronauts will install the arms on a NASA Astrobee to capture a second Astrobee and replace a compute module.
- Orbital is funding the programme, with Arkisys providing integration and platform support through its NASA Space Act Agreement.
- Three demonstrations are planned roughly a month apart, after which the arms will remain aboard for further experiments.
Dawn Aerospace completes CNES refuellable-spacecraft study
- The assessment covered two reference spacecraft platforms, including architecture, operating scenarios and economic viability.
- Dawn contributed its DFT interface, combining mechanical docking and propellant transfer in a single port.
- The work produced initial system-level requirements and integration concepts for chemical and electric propulsion.
Hongqing joins BUPT and China SatNet Digital Technology in space-computing centre
- The partners plan collaborative technical research, engineering validation, commercialisation and talent development.
- BUPT contributes communications, computing and AI research, while China SatNet Digital Technology brings platform and digital-application resources.
- The centre connects academic work with Hongqing’s satellite engineering and constellation-development capabilities.
Reditus and Voyager expand ENOS microgravity mission partnership
- Reditus will manage the ENOS vehicle and on-orbit operations, while Voyager will guide customers through payload development, hardware qualification and mission integration.
- The collaboration follows the release of ENOS-1 vehicle details and is aimed at recurring research, manufacturing and data-collection missions with intact recovery.
- The partners are targeting pharmaceutical, materials-science, biotech and government customers that need flexible repeat access to low Earth orbit; the announcement describes an ongoing partnership, not a completed mission.
Orbit Fab and Thales Alenia Space launch REEF demonstrator project
- REEF combines Orbit Fab fluid interfaces with Thales Alenia Space propulsion-system expertise.
- The ground flatsat will validate interfaces, operating procedures and refueling architecture using xenon and krypton.
- The partners planned full breadboard testing by early 2027.
Ubotica and NOVI Space partner on real-time AI inference at the space edge
- Ubotica announced a partnership agreement with NOVI Space to support real-time AI inference in orbit.
- The collaboration combines Ubotica's SPACE:AI platform with NOVI's GENIE smart-satellite constellation and onboard compute infrastructure.
- This is a space-edge autonomy infrastructure event relevant to orbital sensing and decision-grade intelligence, not terrestrial robot hardware.
Ubotica and Open Cosmos collaborate with NASA JPL on autonomous satellite network demonstration
- Ubotica and Open Cosmos agreed to collaborate with NASA JPL on the FAME autonomous satellite-network demonstration.
- FAME names Ubotica SPACE:AI and two Open Cosmos spacecraft as AI satellite assets.
- The programme will test autonomous sensing and dynamic targeting across a network of space-edge systems.
Voyager awarded contract with Icarus Robotics to manage Joyride demonstration aboard the ISS
- Icarus selected Voyager to manage the mission for Joyride, its free-flying robotic platform, on an upcoming International Space Station demonstration planned for early 2027.
- Voyager's role includes payload integration, safety certification, launch coordination, and real-time mission execution support for the flight.
- The demonstration is intended to validate autonomous navigation, maneuverability, and operational performance in a live space-station environment.
Orbit Fab and Airbus study RAFTI integration for GEO satellites
- The work is part of the ESA ARTES RADICAL project funded by the UK Space Agency.
- Orbit Fab and Airbus are assessing platform, mission-operations and systems-engineering changes needed for refueling.
- The study targets longer-lived and more maneuverable commercial and defence communications satellites.
NASA selects Orbit Fab for Lunar Gateway fluid-transfer work
- Orbit Fab is working with NASA on a coolant coupling for Gateway's thermal-control architecture.
- The work addresses reliable fluid transfer in the lunar-orbit environment.
- The project extends Orbit Fab's interface experience beyond propellant refueling into maintainable spacecraft infrastructure.
Ubotica, Fugro and DTACT develop space-to-seabed intelligence platform
- Ubotica contributes near-real-time satellite vessel tracking from its AI-driven acquisition system.
- Fugro contributes Geo-data from uncrewed surface vessels, underwater vehicles, aerial drones and remote operations.
- DTACT fuses the inputs into a common intelligence picture, initially for the North Sea and Baltic regions.
Ubotica and Kongsberg NanoAvionics partner to integrate SPACE:AI on small satellites
- Ubotica announced a strategic partnership with Kongsberg NanoAvionics to deploy SPACE:AI processing solutions across NanoAvionics satellite platforms.
- The collaboration includes CogniSAT-CRC cloud-removal and compression technology for Earth-observation missions.
- The event adds flight-platform distribution context for onboard AI inference and autonomous satellite operations.
Spaceium and Space Machines plan cryogenic-refueling mission
- After the storage test, Spaceium plans to transfer cryogenic fuel into a Space Machines spacecraft tank.
- The mission is intended to advance reusable on-orbit servicing and mobility infrastructure.
Spaceium and Aphelia plan orbital wireless-charging demonstration
- Aphelia planned to place a wireless-charging payload on a Spaceium mission.
- Spaceium would host the payload on its modular orbital-service-station architecture.
- The demonstration targeted a shared infrastructure problem: extending spacecraft operations beyond onboard power limits.
Spaceium and The Exploration Company sign in-space servicing LOI
- The planned demonstration paired Spaceium's cryogenic refueling architecture with The Exploration Company's Nyx spacecraft.
- The station was to carry cryogenic biomethane and oxygen for the refueling demonstration.
- The companies also agreed to use Nyx as the host for a Spaceium servicing module in 2026.
Orbit Fab and Neutron Star Systems agree green-propellant refueling work
- The agreement links Orbit Fab's refueling architecture with Neutron Star Systems' SUPREME electric thruster.
- The companies planned joint work on refuellable propulsion using non-toxic propellants.
- The collaboration targets longer-lived and more sustainable satellite operations.
Orbit Fab and Phase Four sign in-orbit refueling memorandum
- The companies will evaluate refueling with xenon and the advanced propellant ASCENT.
- The work pairs Orbit Fab's RAFTI interface with Phase Four's propellant-agnostic RF Thruster architecture.
- The memorandum is intended to give future Maxwell customers an option to extend mission life through on-orbit refueling.
Orbit Fab and Dawn Aerospace partner on green-propellant refueling
- The companies completed a materials study covering compatibility between Dawn propellants and RAFTI ports.
- Qualification work on the combined interface and propellants was in progress.
- RAFTI fueling ports were planned as an option for Dawn propulsion customers from mid-2022.
Orbit Fab and AFRL sign on-orbit refueling research agreement
- The CRADA covers work with AFRL's Space Vehicle Directorate and Spacecraft Technology Division.
- Orbit Fab agreed to share technical details and make RAFTI and docking-guidance hardware available for review.
- AFRL would advise on requirements and designs and make facilities available for performance and qualification work.