Elysium Space
{{Short description|Space burial business}}
Elysium Space is a space burial company. Burial options the company offers are Earth-orbit and then reentry burnup, and delivery to the lunar surface. The company was the first to offer burial on the Moon.{{cite magazine |url= http://fortune.com/2015/08/24/elysium-space-lunar-burial/ |title= This company is offering the first ever lunar burial |author= Michal Addady |date= 24 August 2015 |magazine= Fortune }}
History
Elysium Space was founded by Thomas Civeit in 2013.{{cite magazine |url= http://spacenews.com/a-cubesat-packed-with-cremated-remains-slotted-for-spacex-rideshare-mission/ |title= A cubesat packed with cremated remains slotted for SpaceX rideshare mission |author= Debra Werner |date= 16 May 2017 |magazine= SpaceNews}}
In 2015, a launch aboard a USAF Super Strypi rocket failed to reach orbit. The remains will be reflown in the second launch. The remains were to have orbited for 2 years before reentering and going out in a blaze.{{cite web |url= https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/16/elysium-space-to-launch-the-first-ever-memorial-spacecraft-via-spacex/ |title= Elysium Space to launch the first ever 'memorial spacecraft' via SpaceX |author= Darrell Etherington |date= 16 May 2017 |publisher= Tech Crunch }}
It will offer a service to launch the ashes of dead people into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. This rocket rideshare will launch ashes into a Sun-synchronous orbit about the Earth. The Earth orbiting ashes will eventually have its orbit decay and return to Earth as a shooting star.{{cite web |url= https://www.geek.com/tech-science-3/spacex-will-launch-human-remains-later-this-year-1700184/ |title= SpaceX Will Launch Human Remains Later This Year |author= Daniel Starkey |date= 20 May 2017 |publisher= Geek.com |access-date= 26 May 2017 |archive-date= 11 August 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811022119/https://www.geek.com/tech-science-3/spacex-will-launch-human-remains-later-this-year-1700184/ |url-status= dead }}
Memorial spacecraft
Elysium Space launches the cremated remains aboard their Elysium Star space mausoleum satellites, a series of 1U cubesats. The Earth-orbiting satellites are designed to remain in space for 2 years before orbital decay brings them back to Earth as a shooting star, burning up in a blazing reentry.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.wired.co.uk/article/spacex-elysium-rocket |title= You can now send your loved one's ashes into orbit on a SpaceX rocket |author= Abigail Beall |date= 16 May 2017 |magazine= Wired UK }}
Elysium Space plans to use Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander for their lunar mausoleums.{{cite web|url=https://www.astrobotic.com/manifest|title=Astrobotic Mission One Manifest|author=Tim Reyes|date=23 August 2015|publisher=Tech Crunch}}
Elysium Space is in the early stages of planning for deep-space burials.
Missions
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| | Mission | Payload | Date | COSPAR ID | Launcher | Destination | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ORS-4 | Elysium Star I 1U CubeSat | 2015 | n/a | Super Strypi | Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) Reentry shooting star | bgcolor=pink| Failure | Orbit to have decayed in 2 years. Mission failed to reach orbit. | |
| | {{anchor|Star2}} SSO-A | {{nowrap|Elysium Star II}} 1U CubeSat | 2018 | [https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2018-099C {{nowrap|2018-099C}}] | Falcon 9 | SSO Shooting star | bgcolor=lightgreen| On Orbit | Orbit was to decay in 2 years, but satellite was locked into the Lower Free-Flyer dispenser due to license timing issues. |
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- Lunar missions are yet to be scheduled
- Extrasolar missions are yet to be scheduled
See also
- Celestis, another space burial company
References
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External links
- {{Official website|elysiumspace.com}}
Category:American companies established in 2013