{"id":2507,"date":"2025-04-30T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/orbital-carrier-could-offer-game-changer-space-launch-pad\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T12:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:00:21","slug":"orbital-carrier-could-offer-game-changer-space-launch-pad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/orbital-carrier-could-offer-game-changer-space-launch-pad\/","title":{"rendered":"Orbital carrier could offer &#039;game-changer&#039; space &#039;launch pad&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-04-30 12:00:21<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>An &#8220;orbital carrier&#8221; could offer a &#8220;game-changer&#8221; space &#8216;launch pad&#8217;.<BR><br \/>\nIt acts like an aircraft carrier at sea, and allows space vehicle operators to launch spacecraft and satellites into orbit faster and at a cheaper rate to &#8220;address threats on orbit&#8221;.<BR><br \/>\nSpace infrastructure firm Gravitics Inc may get up to $60 million worth of funding from SpaceWERX, which is the innovation branch of the US Space Force, to create the in-orbit carriers.<BR><br \/>\nColin Doughan, chief executive officer of Gravitics, told BBC Sky at Night magazine: &#8220;We&#8217;re honoured to partner with the US Space Force on this critical initiative<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;The Orbital Carrier is a game-changer, acting as a pre-positioned launch pad in space.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;It bypasses traditional launch constraints, enabling space vehicle operators to rapidly select a deployment orbit on-demand.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nGravitics said in a statement: &#8220;The Orbital Carrier is designed to pre-position multiple manoeuvrable space vehicles that can deliver a rapid response to address threats on orbit.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;This carrier will provide the US Space Force with unprecedented flexibility and speed for in-space operations, significantly enhancing the nation&#8217;s space defence posture.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-04-30 12:00:21 An &#8220;orbital carrier&#8221; could offer a &#8220;game-changer&#8221; space &#8216;launch pad&#8217;. It acts like an aircraft carrier at sea, and allows space vehicle operators to launch spacecraft and satellites&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2508,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507\/revisions\/2508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}