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Mikhail Kokorich
Russian physicist and serial aerospace entrepreneur (born 11 October 1976 in Siberia). Founded Momentus in 2017 to develop water plasma propulsion for in-space transportation. A two-time Y Combinator founder, he was replaced as Momentus CEO in 2021 amid SEC investigation and U.S. national security concerns over his Russian origins. He subsequently founded Destinus, a supersonic/hypersonic aircraft company in Switzerland.
Russian · 1 founding
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Other · $76M4 verified deployments · Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA →1 incident2 models
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- Momentus Spacefounded 2017-01-01cofounderno longer at company
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- Momentus Space Founder & Former CEOSecondary-verified
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