Orbital Reef

Orbital Reef
Station statistics
CrewInitially 6 (10+ in growth configuration)
LaunchBy 2027
Carrier rocketNew Glenn
Vulcan Centaur
Mission statusdevelopment
Pressurized volume830 m3 (29,000 cu ft)

Orbital Reef is an under development low Earth orbit (LEO) space station being designed by Blue Origin and Sierra Nevada Corporation's Sierra Space for commercial space activities and space tourism uses. Blue Origin has referred to it as a "mixed-use business park".[1] The companies released preliminary concepts for the station on 25 October 2021. The station is being designed to support 10 persons in 830 m3 of volume.[2] As of March 2022, the station was projected to be operational by 2027.[3]

  1. ^ Chappell, Bill (25 October 2021). "Blue Origin says it will build an orbiting mixed-use business park in space". NPR. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. ^ Grush, Loren (25 October 2021). "Blue Origin reveals plans for future commercial space station called Orbital Reef". The Verge. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Orbital Reef: A Space Station for a New Economy in Space | IEEE-CNSV". Retrieved 16 July 2022.