GomSpace receives order from EPIC Aerospace to support space tug development
by Staff Writers
Stockholm, sweden (SPX) Sep 11, 2023
GomSpace announces that EPIC Aerospace has chosen to purchase products and subsystems at a value of approx. 3.8 MSEK from GomSpace for their space tugs. The products and subsystems will be used as part of the space tug control system.

EPIC Aerospace is a pioneer and leader in space tugs and in orbit transfer vehicles. Their aim is to provide space tugs for launch (enclosures bringing satellites into space while mounted to a rocket), which are able not only to be used for satellite launch services, but also to provide in-orbit transfer of satellites from one orbit to another. This includes the ability to capture a satellite in space and transport them to a different orbit, and potentially back again.

Carsten Drachmann, GomSpace CEO comments: "We have been working with EPIC Aerospace for a while and I am delighted that they have chosen to use GomSpace technology for their very advanced missions enabling a much higher degree of flexibility for how we use space in the future", and continues, "I am also very pleased that this is the first of many contracts that I expect will come from our strategic focus in the Americas".

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