Vigoride-7 Prepares for Payload Operations
Fires All Thrusters and Clears Important Milestones
The ongoing Vigoride-7 mission has cleared several key milestones. Following separation from SpaceX’s Transporter-16 mission at approximately 520 km altitude (≈323 miles), the Momentus Space Vigoride-7 Orbital Service Vehicle powered on autonomously, deployed its solar arrays, and executed initial configuration as designed.
“This mission is action-packed, technically demanding, and deeply rewarding.”
John Rood, Momentus.
Within hours, Momentus established two-way communication between Vigoride-7 and the Momentus Space San Jose based Mission Operations Center. Early communication verified the spacecraft and its hosted payloads are healthy. Comprehensive bus system checks validated that primary and redundant subsystems for power, command & data handling, and attitude control were fully operational.
Our major milestones to date include:
Pressurization of the main water-based propulsion tank to mission-required levels
Activation of the Reaction Control Subsystem (RCS) accumulators, responsible for pressure regulation of 8 redundant RCS thrusters, providing fine attitude control
Attitude Control System (ACS) successfully dampened out the spacecraft’s rotation rates in preparation for an initial orbit adjustment prior to commencing payload operations.
Achieving these milestones paves the way for the next phase of the mission: a planned orbit-lowering maneuver that will position Vigoride-7 for upcoming payload operations.
“This mission is action-packed, technically demanding, and deeply rewarding,” said Momentus CEO John Rood.
Momentus will continue to release progress reports as the mission unfolds over the coming weeks.