GomSpace recently announced that EPIC Aerospace will purchase products and subsystems from GomSpace for their space tugs at a value of approximately 3.8 million Swedish Krona — the products and subsystems will be used as part of the space tug control system.
EPIC Aerospace’s aim is to provide space tugs for launch (enclosures bringing satellites into space while mounted to a rocket), which are able to be used for satellite launch services as well as provide on-orbit transfer of satellites from one orbit to another orbit. This includes the ability to capture a satellite in space and transport them to a different orbit and, potentially, back again.
“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. 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”. — Carsten Drachmann, Chief Executive Officer, GomSpace