Supplier · Germany (Europe)
It signed an exclusive design agreement with Orbital on 10 Sep 2026; Orbital-1 targets 2028. Its next announced step is launch Orbital-1, stated as 2028.
Stage 1 of 7: Concept
It signed an exclusive design agreement with Orbital on 10 Sep 2026; Orbital-1 targets 2028.[1]
What the stage means: Plans, filings or designs with no ODC hardware built or flown.
DoneConfirmed
Exclusive design-and-development agreement with Orbital
Source: Reflex Aerospace
Targets as the organisation stated them. When a date moved, every move is listed with its source; a narrower window is shown as a narrowing.
2028
Launch Orbital-1[1]
What to watch · SpaceNexus note, not a prediction
Orbital-1 progress toward 2028.
| Figure | Value | Confidence and source |
|---|---|---|
| Orbital-1 peak power (planned) | 250 kW | Company claim[1] |
Walter Ballheimer (CEO, founder)
| Program | Stage | Verified funding | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reflex Aerospace (this page) | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | 2028: Launch Orbital-1 |
| Agnikul and NeevCloud | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | End of 2026: Pilot launch (300 to 350 kg unit) |
| Anthropic | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | None announced |
| Apex | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | 2027: Sophia Space TILE demo on an Apex Nova bus |
| Atomic-6 | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | None announced |
| Blue Origin Sunrise | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | Q4 2027: TeraWave deployment begins (the backhaul Sunrise depends on) |
| CASC / CAST | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | 2027: Experimental 10 kW-class computing satellite (about 1,000 kg) |
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