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Destinus
Destinus is a private European aerospace company specialising in aerospace, defence and energy founded in 2021 in Payerne, Switzerland. The company focuses on Supersonic speed, supersonic and Hypersonic speed, hypersonic aviation, hydrogen, dual-use technologies, and power generation. History Founder The company was founded in 2021 by Mikhail Kokorich, a physicist, inventor, and Entrepreneurship, serial entrepreneur. In 2011, Kokorich founded Russia's first private space company, Dauria. In 2012, Kokorich immigrated to the US. In California, he founded the space companies Astro Digital and Momentus space, Momentus. Astro Digital analyzes and distributes satellite data; its main customer was the United States Department of Defense, US Department of Defense. Momentus has satellite shuttles to move them between different orbits, with a revolutionary propulsion system based solely on water and sunlight. Momentus raised more than $100 million in venture capital, and the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Kokorich
Mikhail Valeryevich Kokorich (, born 11 October 1976) is a Russian physicist and entrepreneur. He has founded, in Russia, the United States, and Europe, several companies active in aerospace technologies. He is best known as a CEO and founder of Destinus, developing a high-speed aircraft, a hybrid between an airplane and a rocket, in cargo delivery purpose. Previously, Mikhail Kokorich has founded and developed several companies in the space industry, including Momentus, which was listed on the NASDAQ in the summer of 2021. Early life and education Kokorich grew up in Siberia. He studied in the Specialized Educational Scientific Center and the Department of Physics of NSU. He finished Stanford Executive Program, and he holds an MBA degree from the Moscow School of Management. Career He founded his first company, Dauria, as a student in 1997. Dauria provided mining and construction companies with blasting services and supplied chemical reagents for power, water treatm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |