Obruta pivots to building off-the-shelf RPOD for satellite maintenance

Obruta Our spacecraft Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking (RPOD) Kit on a satellite. Credit: Obruta.

Obruta Space Solutions isn’t seeking to become a household name. They aren’t building launchers, and they aren’t building satellites, and founders Kevin Stadnyk and Kirk Hovell aren’t making grandiose claims about Mars.

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About Craig Bamford

Craig started writing for SpaceQ in 2017 as their space culture reporter, shifting to Canadian business and startup reporting in 2019. He is a member of the Canadian Association of Journalists, and has a Master's Degree in International Security from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. He lives in Toronto.