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Momentus' Vigoride-7 fires all thrusters, achieves key mission milestones
Momentus Inc.
- Separated from SpaceX Transporter-16 at ~520 km altitude; autonomous power-on and solar array deployment succeeded.
- Two-way communication established with San Jose Mission Operations Center; spacecraft and hosted payloads healthy.
- Main water propulsion tank pressurized; 8 redundant RCS thrusters activated for fine attitude control.
- ACS dampened rotation rates; next phase: orbit-lowering maneuver for payload operations.
- CEO John Rood called mission 'action-packed and technically demanding,' further updates to follow.