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Overview
U.S. commercial space company (NASDAQ: MNTS) specializing in satellite technology, space transportation, and in-orbit services. Best known for the Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle, a space tug using proprietary water plasma Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (MET) propulsion that provides last-mile satellite delivery, hosted payload support, and in-orbit servicing to government and commercial customers including NASA, DARPA, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
Reality check
Vigoride 7 launch (company-claimed)
Vigoride 7 launched to low-Earth orbit on SpaceX Transporter-16 on March 30 2026, operated from Mission Control in San Jose.
Vigoride 7 payloads (company-claimed)
Hosts 10 government and commercial payloads, including autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations, in-space assembly, communications and onboard computing demos.
Vigoride 7 commissioning (company-claimed)
Mar 2026: After separation at about 500 km, it deployed 1.6-kilowatt solar arrays, established uplink and downlink, and began bus commissioning ahead of payload operations.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 4 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 1 incident on file
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Momentus Space has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Caltech1× joint
- 2DARPA1× joint
- 3NASA1× joint
- 4SpaceX1× joint7 total
Most recent
- with DARPAoperating
- Momentus x NASA (Space Act Agreement)2026-02-09with NASAoperating
- with SpaceXoperating
Momentus Space on the deployment map
View the global map4 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Mar 2025. Explore where Momentus Space's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalVigoride Orbital Service Vehicle at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA →West Coast · verified Mar 2025
- operationalVigoride Orbital Service Vehicle at Vandenberg SFB, California, USA →West Coast · verified Mar 2025
- operationalVigoride Orbital Service Vehicle at United States →United States · verified Jun 2024
- operationalVigoride Orbital Service Vehicle at Germany, Europe →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
View the full Momentus Space deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- John Rood CEO & Chairman of the BoardIR-verified
Founders (1)
- Mikhail Kokorichcofounderfounded 2017-01-01no longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- Mikhail Kokorich Founder & Former CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting Momentus Space (1)
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operator customers (1)
- Momentus Space4 deployments
Recent coverage
Momentus Space in third-party press
Momentus Strengthens Balance Sheet with 6 Million in Cash While Progress in Executing Current Space Mission Reinforces Long-Term Growth Strategy
Mission Update on Momentus Vigoride 7 Orbital Service Vehicle
Momentus and NASA Partner to Advance In-Orbit Servicing and Space Operations
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $84.3M
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
3 total · 3 operating
Every company Momentus Space has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with DARPAoperating
- Momentus x NASA (Space Act Agreement)2026-02-09with NASAoperating
- with SpaceXoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Caltech1× joint
- 2DARPA1× joint
- 3NASA1× joint
- 4SpaceX1× joint7 total
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Momentus x DARPA (ASTRA In-Space Assembly)withDARPA,Caltechdevelopment2026-03-30operating
- development2026-02-09operating
- deployment2022-05-25operating
Funding rounds (3)
Momentus Space’s 2 disclosed rounds, $84M in total, oldest to newest.
- Other2026-06-08
$76M(reported)
- IPO2021-08-01
- Seed2018-11-13
$8M(reported)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Momentus Space’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundOther funding round
2026-06-08Other raising $76000000
PartnershipMomentus x DARPA (ASTRA In-Space Assembly)
2026-03-30DARPA contracted Caltech to produce the ASTRA hosted payload aboard Momentus Vigoride 7, which uses robotic arms and precision mechanisms to autonomously assemble a lightweight truss structure in orbit, demonstrating scalable in-space manufacturing capabilities.
PartnershipMomentus x NASA (Space Act Agreement)
2026-02-09Momentus entered a Space Act Agreement with NASA to demonstrate rendezvous and proximity operations, formation flying, and inter-satellite communication using its Vigoride 7 vehicle and NASA's R5-S10 CubeSat, advancing in-space assembly and manufacturing capabilities.
PartnershipMomentus x SpaceX (Rideshare Launch Services)
2022-05-25SpaceX provides Falcon 9 rideshare launch services for all Momentus Vigoride missions via the Transporter program, including Transporter-5 (Vigoride-3), Transporter-6 (Vigoride-5), Transporter-7 (Vigoride-6), and Transporter-16 (Vigoride-7).
Funding roundIPO funding round
2021-08-13IPO raising $0
Funding roundSeed funding round
2019-07-01Seed raising $8300000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 30, 2025
Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 1, 2025
Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle at Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2024
Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle at United States
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2024
Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle at Germany, Europe
Sources (3)
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260328031741/en/Momentus-Launches-Vigoride-7-Orbital-Service-Vehicle-on-SpaceX-Transporter16-Mission
- https://investors.momentus.space/news-releases/news-release-details/momentus-launches-vigoride-7-orbital-service-vehicle-spacex
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260331831032/en/Mission-Update-on-Momentus-Vigoride-7-Orbital-Service-Vehicle
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
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High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
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- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Momentus Space.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Momentus Space from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Momentus Strengthens Balance Sheet with 6 Million in Cash While Progress in Executing Current Space Mission Reinforces Long-Term Growth Strategy
Momentus raised approximately 6 million through ATM sales, a 5M private placement, and warrant exercises, while Vigoride 7 began hosted payload operations including DARPA's ASTRA…
Mission Update on Momentus Vigoride 7 Orbital Service Vehicle
Momentus announced the successful deployment and early commissioning of Vigoride 7 following launch on SpaceX Transporter-16, marking the fourth Vigoride deployment with 10…
Momentus and NASA Partner to Advance In-Orbit Servicing and Space Operations
Momentus entered a Space Act Agreement with NASA to demonstrate rendezvous and proximity operations, formation flying, and inter-satellite communication using its Vigoride 7…
Momentus Launches Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle on SpaceX Transporter-6 Mission
Momentus launched its second Vigoride OSV to LEO aboard SpaceX Transporter-6, hosting Caltech's Space Solar Power Demonstrator and deploying the Qosmosys Zeus-1 payload.
SEC Announces Settled Enforcement Action In Connection With SPAC Business Combination
The SEC settled with Momentus and its SPAC partner Stable Road over material misstatements about Momentus's space technology and national security concerns regarding its Russian…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/momentus-space.md
- RSS feed: /companies/momentus-space/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/d29879a2-dd3a-4ded-8eea-f6c2854fe812
- Revision history: /companies/momentus-space/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
Video
Witness a historic moment as SpaceX catches a rocket booster with robotic arms! This engineering marvel is a huge step forward in space exploration. #spacex #space #mars . The biggest and most powerful rocket ever built
Mikhail Kokorich, President & Founder of MOMENTUS, spoke at Hardwired in April 2019. He shared how he and his team have developed a water plasma propulsion mech
Momentus is gonna be huge! 🚀 #shorts Follow for more! Video: @theinvestor_
Negar Feher is a VP of Product and BD in Momentus, the California-based startup, developing in-space shuttle service. Momentus uses safe water-plasma propulsion
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Martina Lofqvist from MOMENTUS, speaks about "Swarming Mars" at the virtual Mars City Design Gala 2020
"Momentus and Solstar Space Deal: First Wi-Fi in Space? $15M Space Internet Breakthrough" | Science Space alert, science seekers! In this video, we explore the
Extended info: The company said that the Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (MET) on its Vigoride-5 vehicle, successfully test-fired in March, has since fired mo
Momentus Inc. is a U.S.-based commercial space company headquartered in San Jose, California, specializing in in-space transportation, satellite hosting, and on
Momentus will demonstrate a multispectral sensor for Space Force missions. The project is supported through a Space Act Agreement with NASA. The sensor target
Heat Index
Category contender81/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Momentus Space draws attention at the 42nd percentile but verifies reality at the 99th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap -56.4, 39th widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Active fundraising activity with a recent closing. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 6, 2026