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MOMENTUS-X1
Commercial Orbital Transfer Vehicle Demonstrator · Momentus Space
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Momentus-X1, the maiden test flight of Momentus's Vigoride orbital transfer vehicle — a 'space tug' designed to pick up multiple small satellites from a single rocket's drop-off point and ferry each one individually to its own precise final orbit, letting rideshare customers skip the compromise of accepting whatever orbit the primary payload happened to be going to.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 213–217 mi (342–348 km)
- Inclination
- 97.7°
- One orbit
- 91.3 minutes15.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 44408
- Int’l designator
- 2019-038Y
- Launched
- 2019
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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