Orbit Fab provides in-space spacecraft refueling services. We maximize your mission by enabling flexibility and dynamic space operations.

Orbit Fab is an American startup based in Lafayette, Colorado, United States, that develops in-space refueling systems for satellites.

Orbit Fab believes that spacecraft refueling is critical to a thriving and sustainable in-space economy, one that will benefit humanity for generations to come. We are committed to realizing this future in partnership with global industry, academia, and government.

Orbit Fab enables satellite operators and payload processing facilities to integrate RAFTI and RGC into their operations well ahead of planned in-space missions. RAFTI can now serve as a dual-purpose replacement for ground fueling infrastructure at the launch site.

2024年3月22日 · Orbit Fab, a company developing in-space depots to refuel satellites, said this week its fuel interface has completed flight qualification and is ready to ship to customers, including the Space Force.

2023年5月25日 · A startup planning to offer in-orbit refueling services, Orbit Fab will seek to refuel the U.S. Space Force Tetra-5 spacecraft with up to 50 kilograms of hydrazine. The demonstration, planned...

2024年3月29日 · On its website, Orbit Fab says its hydrazine delivery service in geostationary orbit will cost $20 million for up to 100 kilograms. Given the simplicity of the architecture, nailing each...

2024年7月7日 · Orbit Fab has successfully completed ground tests of its GRIP (Grapple, Reposition, and Interface Payload) fueling nozzle. This system, designed to dock with satellites and transfer propellant, has shown its potential to support military satellite refueling in space.

2024年7月2日 · WASHINGTON — Orbit Fab, a Colorado-based startup developing hardware for in-space satellite refueling, announced a successful test of its fueling nozzle known as GRIP (Grapple, Reposition, and...

2022年8月30日 · Orbit Fab, a startup working on in-space refueling of spacecraft, will start offering hydrazine for satellites in GEO as soon as 2025 for $20 million.