Momentus

Products: orbital-transfer-vehicle. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 27.1/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 9 of 16 among Defense / space companies with incidents (123 tracked).

Analyst brief

The record contains two entries: a 2022 orbital transfer vehicle power malfunction following launch (severity 3) and a 2021 SEC settlement with Stable Road and Momentus over false claims (severity 3), both at equal severity. One entry is an operational malfunction and the other a regulatory enforcement action, giving the record a mixed regulator- and incident-driven character rather than a single type. Momentus's index of 27.1 ranks 9 of 16 companies in Defense / space with incident history. The record spans a technical failure and a disclosure/compliance matter roughly a year apart, showing two distinct failure types rather than repetition of one.

Risk index

27.1/100RobotRisk index

27.4/100Median index across the 16 Defense / space companies with incident history (123 tracked, 107 with none)

9 of 16Rank in Defense / space (of 16 with incident history)

ElevatedRisk band

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident type	Unique incidents	Share
malfunction	1	50%
regulatory	1	50%

Unique incident list

2 unique incidents on file for this company.

Sev	Date	Type	Location	Incident	Source
S3	14 Jun 2022	malfunction	—	Momentus orbital transfer vehicle suffers power problem after launch · 1 vehicle (Vigoride)	Spaceflight Now
S3	13 Jul 2021	regulatory	—	Stable Road and Momentus reach SEC settlement over false claims	SpaceNews