OrbitBeyond Inc. has engaged in a partnership with Spin.Works for the development of a set of multi-purpose vehicles for deployment in lunar orbit and for additional, potential applications for the exploration of other planetary and small body targets.
At the Moon, these satellites will be used for relay communication services, mineral mapping to pinpoint valuable resources on the lunar surface (including He3), and enabling the return of lunar samples towards a precise location on the Earth surface. The incremental development of these capabilities is expected to take place over the next three to five years and will represent an investment of more than $100 million.
Spin.Works is an engineering company dedicated to the space sector that develops aerospace structures, actuation mechanisms, vision-aided guidance, navigation and control (GN&C) for planetary and small body landing missions, and the end-to-end development of optical instruments for Earth observation and interplanetary navigation. The company is currently contributing to the development of the Space Rider (ESA’s robotic space shuttle) and Argonaut (Europe’s first lunar landing) missions.”
OrbitBeyond is a lunar transportation, infrastructure, and exploration services company and is one of 12 NASA approved lunar orbit and surface payload delivery companies under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, via our Lunar Lander.
