# Motiv Space Systems: company

Canonical ID: `ff1693ad-11e0-4fa3-8f07-122411e50d33`

## Key facts

- **Focus:** Designs and builds space-rated robotic arms, joints, and motor controllers for spacecraft and planetary missions.
- **Robot:** Developed the robotic arm for NASA/JPL's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover.
- **Robot:** Modular xLink arm slated to fly on NASA's OSAM-2 on-orbit assembly mission.
- **Stage:** Private company.

- **Slug:** motiv-space-systems
- **Status:** active
- **HQ:** unknown

## Models

- [xLink](/models/motiv-xlink.md) (space) (id: `240063eb-e825-49b9-8d05-8fb022b15124`)

## Current leadership (3)

- [Chris Thayer](/people/chris-thayer.md) Co-Founder (secondary-verified)
- [Brett Lindenfeld](/people/brett-lindenfeld.md) Co-Founder (secondary-verified)
- [Tom McCarthy](/people/tom-mccarthy.md) Co-Founder (secondary-verified)

## Founders (3)

- [Chris Thayer](/people/chris-thayer.md) (cofounder)
- [Brett Lindenfeld](/people/brett-lindenfeld.md) (cofounder)
- [Tom McCarthy](/people/tom-mccarthy.md) (cofounder)

## Acquisitions (1)

- [acquired by Rocket Lab USA](/acquisitions/rocket-lab-acq-motiv-space-systems.md) _full acquisition_

## Supplies to

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## Sources (2)

1. https://motivss.com/
2. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/motiv-space-systems-launches-xlink-the-highly-modular-cost-efficient-space-rated-robotic-arm-system-301063707.html

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