Leading worldwide designer, manufacturer, and integrator of precision control components and systems, Moog, has contracted Barum & Dewar to design and manufacture a custom storage and shipping container for its Small Launch Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (SL-OMV).

The SL-OMV is a lightweight and low-cost propulsive adapter that distributes small satellites and cubesats. The SL-OMV provides the ability to deploy multiple payloads to different orbits. The system features composite structures, standard cubesat interfaces and a green propulsion system enabling launches from spaceports and other facilities that do not have hazardous payload processing capabilities. This spacecraft will advance commercial spaceflight by increasing the quality and availability of data for small satellite missions.

The SL-OMV’s maiden voyage will launch as part of UK Space Agency’s Spaceflight Programme from the UK’s first commercial spaceport at the Sutherland site in Melness, Scotland.