Momentus Announces
Service Agreement for Hosted Payload with
LuxSpace
August 19, 2022
Momentus Inc. announced
a service agreement with LuxSpace.
“Hosted payloads are a
foundational in-space infrastructure service
that alleviates our customer’s operational
responsibilities and empowers them to focus
their resources on achieving their mission
objectives. We can’t wait to deliver
LuxSpace to its orbital destination next
year and watch the Triton-X continue a
legacy of enabling constellations.”
LuxSpace, a
Luxembourg-based subsidiary of German
headquartered satellite manufacturer OHB,
will fly its Triton-X small satellite
platform aboard a Vigoride Orbital Transfer
Vehicle in 2023. The mission will be an
in-orbit demonstration of key Triton-X
subsystems and other technologies
“With the launch of
Triton-X on Vigoride, LuxSpace is proudly
validating in-orbit the ground-breaking
capabilities of the main technologies of our
Triton-X product line,” said LuxSpace Chief
Executive Officer Edgar Milic. “As such,
this mission will include a complete
Triton-X Integrated Avionics Unit (IAU)
together with an advanced communication
transceiver and other technologies.
Executing this first Triton-X flight on
Vigoride gives us the possibility to focus
on our key mission objectives and rely on
Momentus for other operational tasks.”
Triton-X is LuxSpace’s
ultimate platform for small LEO satellites
and constellations. The platform, developed
in Light/Medium/Heavy classes, benefits from
the 15+ years heritage from previous
platforms, including Triton-1 (with 2
satellites launched to this date) and
Triton-2 (with 1 satellite launched to this
date). Designed as a multi-mission, scalable
and high processing power product line,
Triton-X can be flexibly adapted to a
variety of LEO missions and payloads.
“We’re honored to
support LuxSpace on their journey to orbit,”
said Momentus Chief Executive Officer John
Rood. “Hosted payloads are a foundational
in-space infrastructure service that
alleviates our customer’s operational
responsibilities and empowers them to focus
their resources on achieving their mission
objectives. We can’t wait to deliver
LuxSpace to its orbital destination next
year and watch the Triton-X continue a
legacy of enabling constellations.”
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