Small Batch, Custom ORB-6 to Serve as Basis of Upcoming Xcraft Satellite
Xplore Inc signed a contract with small-batch manufacturer Orbital Astronautics (OrbAstro) for the use of their satellite bus design for a series of missions, beginning with Orbitals ORB-6 platform. Xplore's company tagline is "Space as a Service', with additional mentions of "Data-, Sensor-, and Satellite- as a service". Their service offerings include a variety of orbital offerings, from selling their exclusive spatial data collected by their constellation, retasking Xplore instruments to collect new data, and delivery of payloads into Earth orbit.