Lafayette ‘space gas station’ developer raises $28.5M

LAFAYETTE — Orbit Fab Inc., a Lafayette aerospace company developing technologies to refuel spacecraft in orbit, has closed on a $28.5 million Series A fundraising round that will help it scale up its workforce and production of its Rapidly Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface (RAFTI) refueling ports.

“Orbit Fab’s on-orbit fuel shuttles can dock with and replenish spacecraft equipped with its RAFTI refueling interface, significantly extending mission life and return on investment versus expensive, inefficient one-and-done satellite missions and servicing and debris removal operations,” the company said in a news release. 

Orbit Fab, which recently opened an office in the United Kingdom and…