꞉꞉ Investing In Nuclear Space Power
Orbital Gridworks is developing the heating and power systems needed for missions that operate through darkness and extreme cold. Our commercial focus begins with lunar lander and payload integrators, with a longer-term roadmap for surface infrastructure.
Investors
We plan to begin with paid mission studies and engineering. Follow-on revenue would come from hardware, integration, licensing and lifecycle support. Longer term, we are also evaluating arrangements in which mission users purchase power and heat from assets owned and operated by an Orbital-led vehicle.
Development milestones
A 720-hour electrical-emulator test of battery survival and thermal stability.
Radioisotope-system prototype and thermal-vacuum testing, plus BEAST subsystem trials and preliminary design review.
An unfueled unit representative of a radioisotope flight design, plus a non-nuclear BEAST rig and feasibility package.