SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Momentus, provider of in-space transportation services to various orbits all the way out to deep space, has earned the standing of #7 in the Space category on Fast Company's prestigious annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies for 2020. The list honors the businesses making the most profound impact on both industry and culture, showcasing a variety of ways to thrive in today's fast-changing world.
"We are honored to receive this award and be in spotlighted with so many exciting established and up-and-coming businesses," said Mikhail Kokorich, CEO of Momentus.
Momentus offers last mile shuttle services for smallsats that need exact orbits cheaper and faster, by providing connecting rides in space. For the Earth-to-space leg, we use existing rockets from third party companies -- such as the SpaceX Falcon 9. Our orbital transfer vehicles are then propelled by proprietary water plasma propulsion to deliver our customer's payloads to their final destinations. Our services make space transportation up to 10 times cheaper, more consistent, and more timely.
A graduate of the prestigious Y Combinator program, and based in Santa Clara, California, Momentus raised almost $50M of equity funding, including a $25.5MM Series A in 2019. A 16U demonstration mission, "El Camino Real", was launched and tested in 2019.
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ABOUT MOMENTUS
Momentus is the first company providing in-space transportation services for satellites. The company was founded in 2017 in Santa Clara, CA. Momentus designs and builds transfer vehicles propelled by proprietary water plasma thrusters. The vehicles ferry satellites to a custom orbit after they are delivered by conventional rockets to their initial orbit. Momentus is a 60 person team and growing rapidly. Momentus will start commercial services in 2021 with Vigoride and will progressively introduce a whole family of spacecraft with expanded capabilities.
For more information and a list of job openings, please visit us at http://www.momentus.space/careers
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