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'''LOXSAT''' is a ] funded ] fluid management demonstration satellite mission.<ref name=Eta-2021>{{cite press release |url=https://www.einpresswire.com/article/539693289/nasa-awards-eta-space-contract-for-gas-stations-in-space |title=NASA Awards Eta Space Contract for Gas Stations in Space |work=Eta Space |date=29 April 2021 |access-date=30 April 2021 |via=EIN Presswire}}</ref> Eta Space is building the payload. '''LOXSAT''' is a ] funded ] fluid management demonstration satellite mission. Eta Space is building the payload.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.einpresswire.com/article/640752889/assembly-underway-on-eta-space-s-loxsat |title=Assembly Underway on Eta Space's LOXSAT |work=Eta Space |date=23 June 2023 |access-date=21 November 2023 |via=EIN PressWire}}</ref><ref name=Eta-2021>{{cite press release |url=https://www.einpresswire.com/article/539693289/nasa-awards-eta-space-contract-for-gas-stations-in-space |title=NASA Awards Eta Space Contract for Gas Stations in Space |work=Eta Space |date=29 April 2021 |access-date=30 April 2021 |via=EIN Presswire}}</ref>


It is planned to launch in August 2023 on a ] launcher.<ref>{{cite web |last=Baylor |first=Michael |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6824 |title=Electron - LOXSAT 1 |access-date=5 June 2022 |work=Next Spaceflight}}</ref> It is scheduled to launch no earlier than late 2025 on a ] launch vehicle.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.einpresswire.com/article/753922237/loxsat-payload-rolls-out-to-ksc-for-testing |title=LOXSAT Payload Rolls Out to KSC for Testing |work=Eta Space |date=22 October 2024 |access-date=23 October 2024 |via=EIN PressWire}}</ref>


⚫ == Mission objectives ==
NASA ] is due 15 June 2022.<ref name=bdg-2022/>
⚫ LOXSAT aims to demonstrate on-orbit docking and cryogenic refueling operations using a cryogenic fluid transfer disconnect and latching mechanism developed for depot applications. It will also demonstrate repeated mating/de-mating and the transfer of liquid oxygen.<ref name=Altius-2021>{{cite press release |url=https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Altius_Space_Machines_to_support_of_Eta_Space_and_NASAs_LOXSAT_Cryogenic_Fluid_Management_Mission_999.html |date=25 Aug 2021 |title=Altius Space Machines to support of Eta Space and NASA's LOXSAT Cryogenic Fluid Management Mission}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LOXSAT 1 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/loxsat.htm |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}</ref>


⚫ A LOXSAT2 mission is being defined.<ref name=Eta-2021/>
⚫ ;Mission objectives:
⚫ To demonstrate on-orbit docking and cryogenic refueling operations using a cryogenic fluid transfer disconnect and latching mechanism developed for depot applications. Also to demonstrate repeated mating/de-mating and the transfer of liquid oxygen.<ref name=Altius-2021>{{cite press release |url=https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Altius_Space_Machines_to_support_of_Eta_Space_and_NASAs_LOXSAT_Cryogenic_Fluid_Management_Mission_999.html |date=25 Aug 2021 |title=Altius Space Machines to support of Eta Space and NASA's LOXSAT Cryogenic Fluid Management Mission}}</ref>


⚫ LOXSAT1 will test technology for Eta's orbital depot "CryoDock".<ref name=bdg-2022>{{Cite web |url=https://assets.bdg.com/newsletters/3148.html |title=''PLAY IT COOL: THIS COMPANY IS BUILDING A CRYOGENIC GAS STATION IN SPACE'' May 2022 |access-date=2022-05-27 |archive-date=2022-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031124627/https://assets.bdg.com/newsletters/3148.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
⚫ A LOXSAT 2 mission is being defined.<ref name=Eta-2021/>


⚫ == See also ==
⚫ LOXSAT-1 will test technology for Eta's orbital depot "CryoDock".<ref name=bdg-2022></ref>
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== References == == References ==
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⚫ == See also ==
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LOXSAT is a NASA funded cryogenic fluid management demonstration satellite mission. Eta Space is building the payload.

It is scheduled to launch no earlier than late 2025 on a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle.

Mission objectives

LOXSAT aims to demonstrate on-orbit docking and cryogenic refueling operations using a cryogenic fluid transfer disconnect and latching mechanism developed for depot applications. It will also demonstrate repeated mating/de-mating and the transfer of liquid oxygen.

A LOXSAT2 mission is being defined.

LOXSAT1 will test technology for Eta's orbital depot "CryoDock".

See also

References

  1. "Assembly Underway on Eta Space's LOXSAT". Eta Space (Press release). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023 – via EIN PressWire.
  2. ^ "NASA Awards Eta Space Contract for Gas Stations in Space". Eta Space (Press release). 29 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021 – via EIN Presswire.
  3. "LOXSAT Payload Rolls Out to KSC for Testing". Eta Space (Press release). 22 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024 – via EIN PressWire.
  4. "Altius Space Machines to support of Eta Space and NASA's LOXSAT Cryogenic Fluid Management Mission" (Press release). 25 Aug 2021.
  5. "LOXSAT 1". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
  6. "PLAY IT COOL: THIS COMPANY IS BUILDING A CRYOGENIC GAS STATION IN SPACE May 2022". Archived from the original on 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
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