Founded in 2021, ThinkOrbital is a space infrastructure developer, focussing on large, scalable, and cost-effective structural platforms for the space industry. Despite having its ThinkPlatform concept rejected by NASA in December 2021, the company announced its plans to continue the development of its platform in December 2022 .
The company’s flagship product the ThinkPlatform is a spherical, free-flying, large-volume structure designed to operate as a part of a larger space station or docked with a spacecraft. The platform will be assembled in space using a robotic arm and electron beam welding and is expected to accommodate in-space service assembly and manufacturing (ISAM) activities, a habitation for astronauts, as well as space debris management including collection and recycling of satellites. The company is developing multiple versions of the ThinkPlatform (ThinkPlatform 1–4), with each version having varying volumes, use cases, and human habitation capacities.
In September 2022, ThinkOrbital was selected by SpaceWERX for STTR Phase I in the amount of USD 250,000 to investigate how its Orbital Platform Unified System for On-Orbit Servicing and Assembly (OPUS-OSA) can be used by the Department of Air Force and US Space Force through their Orbital Prime program. The company will be collaborating with RedWire Space and Thunderbird Global School of Management in order to achieve milestones for the Orbital Prime program.
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