D-Orbit (as in de-orbit) is a private aerospace company headquartered in Italy with subsidiaries in Portugal, UK, US and a joint venture in the US, D-Orbit USA.[1][2]
D-orbit is mainly active in the Space tug also known as orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) market. While this concept has existed for several decades, it is only in the last few years that more examples are being produced and used.[3]
D-Orbit has been operating commercial ION missions since September 2020,[3] deploying satellites for customers like Planet Labs,[4] EnduroSat, Elecnor Deimos,[5] University of Southern California,[6] SatRevolution,[7] and Kleos,[8] and operating payloads for the German HPS, High Performance Space Structure Systems,[9] the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC),[10] and the Swiss data security company Cysec SA.[11]
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