// COLONIZATION NODE — Free-flying deep-space depot
Drift Node
ROADMAPThe waystation that keeps the fleet flying.
A free-flying propellant depot and logistics waypoint for deep-space transit.
Drift Node is the deep-space gas station: a free-flying propellant depot and logistics waypoint that refuels the vehicles which move mass beyond Earth orbit.
It is what makes the reusable deep-space fleet practical — the Vanguard OTV, Ascend-Super, and Helios DSV all top off here instead of carrying every kilogram of propellant from the ground.
- Location
- Free-flying, cislunar+
- Function
- Propellant depot + logistics
- Transfer
- On-orbit refueling
- Clients
- OTV / Ascend-Super / Helios
- Autonomy
- Uncrewed, autonomous
- Status
- Roadmap
Propellant depot
Refuels deep-space vehicles so they need not launch full.
Logistics waypoint
Stages cargo and propellant along interplanetary routes.
Fleet-enabling
Makes the reusable deep-space fleet economically practical.
Tell us the objective. We'll fly the rest.
Bring us the mission and we'll resolve the architecture end to end.