Momentus X1
Momentus X1 is a technology demonstration spacecraft designed and built by Astro Digital[1] for Momentus. It includes a Vigoride thruster, a Momentus' spacecraft propulsion technology,[2] which energizes water steam into a plasma using microwaves and ejects the super-heated propellant to efficiently produce thrust. The spacecraft will be launched in 2019 into a Sun synchronous orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket in a 16U CubeSat deployer designed and built by ECM Technologies of Berlin. The spacecraft bus is the Corvus-16 design shared with Landmapper-HD. The common satellite bus uses reaction wheels, magnetic torque coils, star trackers, magnetometers, sun sensors, and gyroscopes to enable precision 3-axis pointing without the use of propellant.
Momentus plans to begin offering in-space transportation in 2020 to move payloads as large as 50 kilograms from low Earth orbit to geostationary transfer orbit, geostationary orbit, lunar orbit or other destinations.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Astro Digital Momentus X1 Orbital Debris Assessment Report". 12 September 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ "Introducing Momentus, a Silicon Valley startup focused on water plasma engines". SpaceNews. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ↑ "Momentus raises $8.3 million for last-mile spacecraft delivery". SpaceNews. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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