29 September 2021
Orbit Fab to launch first geostationary fuel tanker
... the life expectancy of spacecraft by giving them the ability to conduct on-orbit refuelling. RAFTI is currently being tested on Tenzing, along with a Halcyon HTP propulsion system designed and built by Benchmark Space Systems for orbital maneouvers...
September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
... Station by US start-up Orbit Fab. The company also launched its first operational fuel depot, Tanker-001 Tenzing, into LEO in June 2021. An extension of the increasingly familiar IOS field is the rise of in-orbit servicing and...
