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Interorbital Systems (IOS), established in 1996 in Mojave, California, develops and manufactures low-cost, state-of-the-art orbital launch vehicles and satellites for private, commercial, governmental, academic, and military applications. 

Interorbital's Common Propulsion Module Test Vehicle (CPM TV) nears completion: A low-altitude launch of the CPM TV will test the CPM engine, avionics, and recovery system in flight. Commercial/Academic payloads from the Naval Postgraduate School and Morehead University will be onboard.

mur.at purchases TubeSat and Launch: mur.at is a non-profit arts group from Graz, Austria. The group represents the second space-art project to sign up for the maiden N45 launch in 2011.

British Defence Science and Technology Lab purchases TubeSat and Launch

N45 to launch IOS Orbital Payloads: Due to overwhelming demand, IOS will employ its N45 configuration to launch its extensive manifest of 32 TubeSats and 10 CubeSats next year. The N45 is a 7 CPM launcher with a 45 kilogram payload capacity to low earth orbit.

University of Sydney Joins Growing Payload List on N30 Maiden Flight: The NEPTUNE 45's first orbital flight will carry the Australian university's TubeSat to a 310km polar orbit. Dr. Xiaofeng Wu's research group from the School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering also has plans to launch two double CubeSats on a future N30 or N45 mission to a 600km orbit to conduct a formation flying experiment. Interorbital invites other organizations with an interest for longer duration missions at the 600km altitude to sign up now to secure a slot on the launch. 

Euroluna's MiniRomit1 Satellite to Launch with Interorbital Systems: Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Euroluna's double CubeSat MiniRomit1 is the latest addition to the growing list of payloads manifested on the maiden flight of IOS' NEPTUNE 30 orbital rocket. The Danish team’s spacecraft will join two other CubeSats and 26 TubeSats on the N30’s first orbital launch. At this time, there is one more CubeSat payload slot available at a cost of $12,500. Contact IOS for details.

King of Tonga Visits Interorbital: In early February, Interorbital Systems hosted a visit by King George Tupou V and his entourage. KG5 has given his approval for Interorbital's private spaceport on the island of  'Eua in the Kingdom of Tonga. Road improvements, harbor expansion, and other infrastructure projects are already underway. Interorbital team members visited the launch site on 'Eua last November.

Launch Manifest: Interorbital currently has 9 TubeSats and 3 CubeSats on its launch manifest for the 2011 orbital mission, with 20 additional sales pending. Customers include University of California, Irvine (CubeSat), InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico, The Aslan Academy, Project Calliope, Morehead State University, and the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). Interorbital will be involved with NPS and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in global Maritime Interdiction operation experiments in late 2010. Partners in this exercise include the Homeland Security Office of Science and Technology and USSOCOM. Pre-orbital launches of the IOS Common Propulsion Module (CPM) with NPS payloads will play an important role in data distribution during these exercises. These test launches are precursors to the orbital delivery of several NPS TubeSats by the N45 in 2011. At that time, NPS TubeSats will operate as orbital components in a complex real-time communication web. Various Morehead State University and SYNERGY MOON payloads will also be flown on the pre-orbital test flights of the IOS CPMs. Complete launch manifest list with details coming soon!

CubeSats Can Now Fly with TubeSats in Mixed Launches: The N30 or N45 payload section has been modified to allow the orbital launch of a small number CubeSats or two double CubeSats. TubeSats will make up the majority of the payload. The price per CubeSat launch is $12,500. The target orbit is circular with an altitude of 310 km.

TubeSat PS Kit Design Update: The engineers at Interorbital have improved the design of the TubeSat, increasing its experiment and application payload by 50 grams.

TubeSat PERSONAL SATELLITE (PS) KIT: One of our primary missions at Interorbital is to provide satellite hardware and launch support for the experimental and commercial satellite community. We are currently offering our TubeSat Personal Satellite (PS) Kit AND a launch to orbit on our NEPTUNE 30 rocket for the combined price $8,000. Kentucky Space and Bob Twiggs, one of the inventors of the CubeSat, have recognized the educational and price advantage of the TubeSat and have authorized the purchase of a TubeSat for Morehead State University's Space Science Center. Professor Twiggs plans integrate the construction of their TubeSat into his curriculum at Morehead. Twiggs commented, "I have also bought payload space on the NEPTUNE 30's low-altitude, pre-orbital tests flights to give my students early flight and payload integration experience. I recommend that other universities take advantage of this rare opportunity." For details and ordering information, click on the TubeSat image below.

Two Synergy Moon X PRIZE Team Members To Fly Orbital Mission: Interorbital Systems (IOS) announced today that it is developing a two-person orbital crew module as an addition to its orbital tourism operations. The company’s modular NEPTUNE 1000 rocket will loft the spacecraft to orbit. The initial flight tests, planned for late 2011, were originally slated as unmanned missions, but due to popular demand from extreme adventure travel groups, these flights will now carry two test pilots---Nebojsa Stanojevic, a Serbian, and Miroslav Ambrus-Kis, a Croatian, both of whom are seasoned explorers.  Neb is an accomplished filmmaker who has sailed around the world in a 30-ft. boat. Mirolslav “Dr. Mac,” is a journalist and mountain climber with Mt. Everest and Annapurna on his list of conquests. They are also both team members of the Google Lunar X PRIZE Team SYNERGY MOON. 

Interorbital’s NEPTUNE 1000 rocket, which can lift 1000-kg to Low Earth Orbit, or 60kg to the surface of the Moon, does double-duty as a space tourism vehicle and as the lunar launch vehicle for Team SYNERGY MOON. The two-man capsule is designed to orbit the earth for approximately 12 hours or 8 orbits around the planet. For assured reentry, the spacecraft will be launched into a self-decaying orbit. The crew module, which has a launch escape system to insure the pilots’ safety, will splash down Apollo-style on parachutes in the South Pacific Ocean near its launch location in the Kingdom of Tonga. The price for this orbital adventure is expected to be $800,000 per person when commercial service begins in 2012.

For a general description of our NEPTUNE modular rocket systems, click on NEPTUNE Modular Rockets.

Google Lunar X-PRIZE!

Interorbital Systems is the launch provider for the Google Lunar X-Prize Team, SYNERGY MOON. IOS will provide the Lunar Launch Services and the Lunar Lander hardware..

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