Space Machines Company
Robot types: Satellite servicing. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 30.1/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 7 of 11 among Space robotics companies with incidents (80 tracked).
Analyst brief
The record consists of a single entry: loss of the Optimus-1 orbital servicing satellite following a communications failure, logged as a mission-loss event with severity 4. This is a single-event, program-level failure record with no associated injury, recall, or regulatory action. No trajectory or pattern can be established from a single row.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Space robotics (primary), Defense / space · Sectors: Defense and Space Manufacturing
Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type. Listed industry was Defense / space; RobotRisk files this company under Space robotics because that is where its documented incident risk sits.
| Robot type | Share of company risk | Rank within type |
|---|---|---|
| Satellite servicing | 100% | 2 of 4 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimus OSV | Satellite servicing | research | 1 | 30.1 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mission-loss | 1 | 100% |
Unique incident list
1 unique incident on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 22 May 2024 | mission-loss | — | Optimus-1 orbital servicing satellite lost after communications failure · Optimus-1 orbital servicing satellite | psnews.com.au |
S4 22 May 2024 · mission-loss · Optimus-1 orbital servicing satellite lost after communications failure
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 22 May 2024 | Optimus-1 orbital servicing satellite lost after communications failure | psnews.com.au |
Similar companies
Same industry, nearest RobotRisk band or score.