Robot model
Haven Demo
500 kg in-orbit testbed satellite launched November 2, 2025 on SpaceX's Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission to prove out key technologies for Haven-1, including…
- Manufacturer
- Vast Space
- Form factor
- other
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- Website
- vastspace.com ↗
The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Haven Demo, a other by Vast Space (commercial): 1 verified deployment on record. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
500 kg in-orbit testbed satellite launched November 2, 2025 on SpaceX's Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission to prove out key technologies for Haven-1, including communications, power, propulsion, and guidance navigation. Haven Demo operated successfully for three months and completed a controlled deorbit burn on February 5, 2026, making Vast the only commercial space station company to have flown and operated its own spacecraft.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
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Key facts
Launch Date
Deorbit Date
Launch Vehicle
Mass
Specs
Weight kg
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Pricing
No verified price is on record for Haven Demo. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (1)
- Haven Demo at Low Earth Orbitoperational
Haven Demo, a 500 kg in-orbit testbed satellite, launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission on Nov 2, 2025.
Haven Demo on the deployment map
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedNov 2, 2025
at Low Earth Orbit
Safety record
No incidents on record for Haven Demo.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (2)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-16
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-16
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: other
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Haven Demo.Recent coverage
Haven Demo in third-party press
The European Space Agency, on Behalf of the Czech Republic, Signs Agreement with Vast for a Private Astronaut Mission to the International Space Station in Partnership with NASA - Business Wire
The world's first private space station: First astronauts for Haven-1 announced - Zamin.uz
Vast Expands into High-Power Satellite Buses, Leveraging In-House Space Station Technology and Proven Haven Demo Satellite Heritage - Business Wire
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Haven Demo from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
The European Space Agency, on Behalf of the Czech Republic, Signs Agreement with Vast for a Private Astronaut Mission to the International Space Station in Partnership with NASA - Business Wire
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The world's first private space station: First astronauts for Haven-1 announced - Zamin.uz
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Vast Expands into High-Power Satellite Buses, Leveraging In-House Space Station Technology and Proven Haven Demo Satellite Heritage - Business Wire
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Vast, builder of private space stations, launches line of high-power satellites - Space
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First Orbital Test of a Private Space Station Proves the ISS Is Living on Borrowed Time - autoevolution
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Qatar wealth fund joins $500m financing for US space tech firm Vast - Gulf Business
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Vast Demo Sat Reaches Orbit - Aviation Week
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SpaceX launches fourth Bandwagon rideshare mission - SpaceNews
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SpaceX launches private space station pathfinder 'Haven Demo,' 17 other satellites to orbit (video) - Space
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/haven-demo.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/e00473e7-2510-48d0-83b4-ccff55530f0e
- Revision history: /models/haven-demo/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Haven Demo draws attention at the 39th percentile but verifies reality at the 7th percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +32.1, 19th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited independent press and video coverage to date.
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: Sep 21, 2026