Momentus Asks OK for June Satellite Transporter Mission

Satellite "connecting flights" company Momentus hopes to launch its Vigoride-1 in June on a SpaceX rocket, and then use it to deploy its payload of five small satellites for customers from the U.S., Poland, Finland and the Czech Republic to their orbital destinations, it said in an FCC International Bureau application Wednesday for special temporary authority. It said VR-1 will operate in the S and UHF bands. In a separate letter to the FCC Wednesday, it said its VR-2 mission, originally scheduled for February launch (see 2009010006), is now also slated for June.