Momentus Chief Executive Officer John Rood Recognized as Connectivity Business Executive to Watch

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Momentus Inc. CEO John Rood is featured as one of this year’s 'Executives to Watch' by Connectivity Business. Momentus achieved significant milestones, including launching three Vigoride spacecraft and deploying 15 customer satellites in a year. They also introduced innovative technology like the Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (MET) and a new solar array. Momentus secured launch options to Low-Earth Orbit through 2024 and closed a $5.0 Million Registered Direct Offering. They plan to fly customers on SpaceX missions in 2023 and 2024.

09/28/2023 - 07:39 AM

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) (“Momentus” or the “Company”), a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, today announced that Chief Executive Officer John Rood is featured as one of this year’s “Executives to Watch” by Connectivity Business.

Connectivity Business News reports that they have carefully curated this year’s “Executives to Watch” list by evaluating candidates they consider market disruptors against rigorous criteria, encompassing their ability to triumph over substantial setbacks, successfully fulfill pivotal contracts, and employ innovative market strategies.

Rood provided the following quote to Connectivity Business: “At Momentus, we had a vision to quickly mature from a Silicon Valley startup to a high-performing space company enabling our customers to do new things in space in much more affordable ways. It’s been gratifying to see the Momentus team rally to overcome challenges and achieve our objectives, launching our first three Orbital Service Vehicles and deploying 15 customer satellites in a year along with bringing to market a new commercial satellite bus and developing leading-edge technology like our thruster that uses water as a propellant and low-cost solar array that rolls out like a tape measure. I’m so proud of this team and eager to see it scale new heights together in the year ahead.”

Recent Momentus business and technology accomplishments include:

Flying three Vigoride spacecraft in less than one year and deploying 15 customer satellites.
Providing ongoing hosted payload support to the Caltech Space Solar Power Demonstrator. Caltech reports that its payload recently demonstrated its ability to wirelessly transmit power in space and to beam detectable power to Earth.
Demonstrating the Company’s sustainable and pioneering Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (MET) in-space propulsion system that uses water as a propellant, and successfully completing an orbital raise of its spacecraft using the MET.
Launching an on-orbit demonstration of a new kind of solar array that unrolls like a tape measure and has the goal of lowering vehicle production costs.
Introducing the M-1000 satellite bus that leverages proven technology and modularity to provide a cost-competitive option that can be customized to serve dedicated missions for government and commercial customers.
Receiving a Space Development Agency Small Business Innovation Research Award to tailor the capabilities of the Vigoride vehicle for DoD payloads and mission requirements.
Securing launch options to Low-Earth Orbit through 2024.
Signing recent deals with FOSSA, Aarhus University, and two yet-to-be-announced customers.
Closing a $5.0 Million Registered Direct Offering.

Momentus next plans to fly customers on the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission no earlier than November 2023. The Company’s first mission of 2024 is targeted to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission slated for no earlier than February.

About Momentus

Momentus is a U.S. commercial space company that offers commercial satellite buses and in-space infrastructure services including in-space transportation, hosted payloads, and other in-orbit services.

About Connectivity Business News

Connectivity Business News is the world’s leading publication on investment in the connectivity sector. Dedicated to guiding the connectivity investment community so that executives are better able to shape strategies and find success. That’s why, Connectivity Business News provides valuable data, in addition to market reports, which offer deep dives into critical industry matters, and an annual must-attend conference, the Connectivity Next Summit on November 13-14 in Atlanta.

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