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  "card_url": "https://itha.ai/c/orbitfab.com/card.json",
  "status": "unclaimed",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-04",
  "revision": 1,
  "provenance_url": "https://itha.ai/c/orbitfab.com/provenance.json",
  "card": {
    "icp": {
      "regions": [
        "global"
      ],
      "use_cases": [
        "extend satellite operational life via on-orbit refueling",
        "avoid disposal of single-use satellites",
        "support active debris removal missions with refuelable servicers"
      ],
      "industries": [
        "satellite operators",
        "government space programs",
        "space systems integrators"
      ]
    },
    "itha": "0.1",
    "proof": {
      "customers": [
        {
          "name": "NASA"
        },
        {
          "name": "U.S. Space Force"
        },
        {
          "name": "Astroscale"
        },
        {
          "name": "Northrop Grumman"
        },
        {
          "name": "European Space Agency"
        },
        {
          "name": "Impulse Space"
        },
        {
          "name": "Momentus"
        },
        {
          "name": "Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)"
        }
      ],
      "case_studies": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.orbitfab.com/missions/",
          "title": "Furphy — ISS water resupply",
          "outcome": "First private company to supply water to the International Space Station (Dec 2018–May 2019)."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.orbitfab.com/missions/",
          "title": "Tanker-001 Tenzing",
          "outcome": "First fuel depot in low Earth orbit using high-test peroxide, launched June 30, 2021, on orbit."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.orbitfab.com/missions/",
          "title": "Kamino",
          "outcome": "Planned demonstration of 50 kg hydrazine delivery to Tetra-5a/5b via RAFTI and GRIP, targeted Q2 2027."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.orbitfab.com/missions/",
          "title": "Podracer",
          "outcome": "Rendezvous-and-proximity-operations demonstration for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, on orbit since March 2026."
        }
      ]
    },
    "company": {
      "hq": {
        "city": "Lafayette",
        "region": "Colorado",
        "country": "US"
      },
      "url": "https://www.orbitfab.com/",
      "name": "Orbit Fab",
      "domain": "orbitfab.com",
      "founded": 2018,
      "same_as": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/orbitfab"
      ],
      "legal_name": "Orbit Fab, Inc.",
      "description": "Provides in-space propellant delivery and a cooperative refueling interface for spacecraft, operating what it calls \"Gas Stations in Space\" for satellites in LEO, GEO, and cislunar orbits."
    },
    "offerings": [
      {
        "id": "fuel-delivery",
        "url": "https://www.orbitfab.com/refueling-services/",
        "kind": "service",
        "name": "Fuel Delivery",
        "pricing": {
          "unit": "shipment",
          "basis": "list",
          "model": "usage",
          "notes": "Published price is for delivery of 100 kg hydrazine to a GEO spacecraft, available from 2025.",
          "range": {
            "max": 20000000,
            "min": 20000000
          },
          "currency": "USD"
        },
        "summary": "Delivers propellant to spacecraft on orbit via fuel shuttles. Hydrazine delivery to GEO begins 2025 at $20M per 100 kg; xenon delivery of up to 1000 kg supplied to a GEO servicer contract.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "rafti",
        "url": "https://www.orbitfab.com/rafti/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "RAFTI",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "unit": "unit",
          "basis": "list",
          "model": "flat",
          "range": {
            "max": 30000,
            "min": 30000
          },
          "currency": "USD"
        },
        "summary": "Cooperative docking and fluid-transfer interface replacing spacecraft fill-and-drain valves for on-orbit and ground refueling. Flight-qualified (TRL 8); priced at $30,000 per unit.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "spec_url": "https://www.orbitfab.com/wp-content/uploads/DOC-00133A_RAFTI_Low_Pressure_Datasheet.pdf"
      },
      {
        "id": "umpire",
        "url": "https://www.orbitfab.com/umpire/",
        "kind": "software",
        "name": "UMPIRE",
        "summary": "Mission-planning software that models spacecraft orbital maneuvers and determines refueling timing, location, and propellant quantity, built on Ansys STK mission-engineering software."
      }
    ],
    "engagement": {
      "url": "https://www.orbitfab.com/contact/",
      "email": "bd@orbitfab.com",
      "methods": [
        "quote_request",
        "consultation"
      ]
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-04"
  }
}