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Momentus Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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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 its financial results for the third quarter of 2023.

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  • 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 its financial results for the third quarter of 2023.
  • "In the third quarter, we saw significant traction in the commercial market that continues into the fourth quarter.
  • Momentus placed a satellite in Low Earth Orbit for Aarhus on the Vigoride-6 mission that launched in April 2023.
  • Momentus will host a conference call to discuss the results today, November 14, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Pacific Time).

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

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Thursday, September 28, 2023
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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.

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Receiving a Space Development Agency Small Business Innovation Research Award to tailor the capabilities of the Vigoride vehicle for DoD payloads and mission requirements.
  • The Company’s first mission of 2024 is targeted to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission slated for no earlier than February.

Momentus Deploys All Payloads from Vigoride-6 Mission

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Friday, July 28, 2023
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Vigoride-5 launched in January 2023: Momentus’ second mission included the deployment of the Qosmosys Zeus-1 payload.

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  • Vigoride-5 launched in January 2023: Momentus’ second mission included the deployment of the Qosmosys Zeus-1 payload.
  • During the Vigoride-5 mission, the Momentus team also tested its Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (MET) that uses water as a propellant.
  • During the Vigoride-6 mission, Momentus also deployed two CubeSats into Low-Earth Orbit as part of the NASA LLITED (Low-Latitude Ionosphere/Thermosphere Enhancements in Density) mission.
  • The revised mission plans will enable Momentus to launch Vigoride-7 with a fuller load of payloads for deployment in LEO with better mission economics, while still meeting the needs of customers requiring orbital delivery in 2023.

Momentus Inc. Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results

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Thursday, May 11, 2023
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Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) (“Momentus” or the "Company”), a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.

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  • Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) (“Momentus” or the "Company”), a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.
  • “We’re eager to use the unique attributes of Vigoride to meet government use cases as well as commercial needs.
  • On this ongoing mission, Momentus is providing hosted payload services for Caltech’s Space-based Solar Power Project payload, and recently deployed a payload for an international customer.
  • Momentus will host a conference call to discuss the results today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Pacific Time).

Momentus Achieves First Orbit Raise with Pioneering Propulsion System

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Monday, May 8, 2023
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Orbital altitude raises are an integral part of Momentus’ transportation service offering that aims to deliver customer satellites to precise and custom orbits.

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  • Orbital altitude raises are an integral part of Momentus’ transportation service offering that aims to deliver customer satellites to precise and custom orbits.
  • “This initial orbital raise was a key goal of our Vigoride-5 mission and the MET’s performance has exceeded our expectations,” said Momentus Chief Technology Officer Rob Schwarz.
  • “The MET technology can provide future missions with higher efficiency than chemical propulsion systems and higher thrust than electric propulsion systems.
  • Vigoride-6, launched in April 2023, is carrying satellites for NASA and commercial customers, and a solar array developed by Momentus that will be demonstrated in space.

Momentus to Bring In-Space Infrastructure Expertise to 2023 Space Symposium

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Monday, April 17, 2023
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Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) ("Momentus" or the "Company"), a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, will be attending Space Symposium 2023, April 17-20, at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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  • Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) ("Momentus" or the "Company"), a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, will be attending Space Symposium 2023, April 17-20, at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • Momentus will continue to innovate and develop new responsive space technologies to include a Rendezvous & Proximity Operations demonstration payload in October 2023.
  • The affordable OSV platform is ideal for helping to get payloads to space rapidly and addressing some of the USG’s most challenging threats.
  • Momentus continues to iterate and improve its OSV platform that will enhance dynamic space mobility and operations.

Momentus Launches Vigoride-6 Orbital Service Vehicle on SpaceX Transporter-7 Mission

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Saturday, April 15, 2023
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Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) (“Momentus” or the “Company”), a U.S. commercial space company that offers transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, launched its third Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle (OSV) to low-Earth orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission on April 14.

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  • Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) (“Momentus” or the “Company”), a U.S. commercial space company that offers transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, launched its third Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle (OSV) to low-Earth orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission on April 14.
  • Momentus established contact with its Vigoride vehicle and confirmed that both solar arrays are deployed and the vehicle is generating power and charging its batteries.
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    Launch of the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission carrying the Momentus Vigoride-6 Orbital Service Vehicle.
  • The Vigoride-6 mission will deliver two satellites to a custom orbit for the NASA LLITED mission.

Momentus’ Pioneering Propulsion System Successfully Completes Initial Tests in Space

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Friday, March 31, 2023
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    The MET is the Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle’s (OSV) primary propulsion method that produces thrust by expelling extremely hot gases through a rocket nozzle.
  • Momentus has two patents in support of this proprietary propulsion technology.
  • “We’ll be ramping up testing of the MET over the coming weeks as we look to push its performance in space.
  • With its water-based propulsion systems, Momentus aims to offer cost-effective, efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly propulsion to meet the demands for in-space transportation and infrastructure services.

Momentus Vigoride-5 Status Update #4

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Thursday, March 23, 2023
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    Momentus' Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (MET) undergoing ground testing in a vacuum chamber at company headquarters.
  • “Momentus is now using a water propellant system to control the spacecraft, achieving a key objective of our Vigoride-5 mission,” said Momentus Chief Executive Officer John Rood.
  • Orbital altitude and inclination changes can enable Momentus to deliver future customers to precise orbits to meet their mission objectives.
  • Using the MET, Momentus aims to offer cost-effective, efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly propulsion to meet the demands for in-space transportation and infrastructure services.

Momentus (NASDAQ: MNTS) Vigoride-6 Spacecraft Arrives at SpaceX Launch Site

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023
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    The Momentus team with Vigoride-6 before shipping the Orbital Service Vehicle to Vandenberg Space Force Base for launch.
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    The Momentus team completed final flight preparations, and the Vigoride-6 OSV is integrated with the Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
  • Spaceflight heritage is an important competitive discriminator as customers seek reliability and flexibility," said Momentus Chief Executive Officer John Rood.
  • Vigoride-6 will also carry a Momentus payload called the Tape Spring Solar Array (TASSA) technology.