Orbital compute, space robotics, optical inter-satellite links, ground segments that run for years unattended. The next generation of space companies will be defined by software — what runs on the vehicle, what runs on the ground, and what customers can build on top of it. Our space practice helps ventures design that software, build the organization that ships it, and get it to a paying customer.
Launch costs have fallen far enough that the differentiator is no longer getting to orbit — it is what the vehicle does once it is there, how it is operated, and how quickly a customer can use it. Compute in orbit, autonomous servicing, ground segments delivered as a cloud service, launch providers selling flight services: every one of these is gated by a software organization that can design for hardware it cannot repair and ship on a schedule set by a launch window. That organization is what we help you build.
Compute in orbit is a data-center problem with a thermal, power, and radiation envelope. We bring data-center networking, NIC and Ethernet controller software, and the operational discipline of hyperscale customers to the design of orbital compute nodes and their fabrics.
Rendezvous, docking, servicing, debris capture, and formation flying depend on a GNC, sensing, and autonomy stack that decides in real time without a human in the loop — sensing, localization, planning, and the validation that proves it safe.
Telemetry, tracking, and command delivered as a cloud service — so a customer who launches with you can also fly with you. We have architected carrier-grade control and provisioning infrastructure that ran unattended for years, and cloud-native distributed platforms since.
Constellations are becoming networks: free-space optical inter-satellite links, laser crosslinks to relay layers, and routing across nodes that move. The value is in the link-layer, networking, and control software that turns a terminal into a dependable, schedulable path — and in the test discipline that proves it before launch.
Launch and spaceport services become stickier and more valuable with a software layer on top: payload-operator portals, range and mission telemetry, integration tooling, and post-launch flight services. We help launch providers define and stand up that layer with a small team.
Hardware you cannot repair after launch demands first-pass success as the working mindset, and a RAMS engineering framework — Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety — applied from architecture through verification: software-first bring-up, simulation before hardware, and validation that catches the failure before the fairing closes.
Not job seekers, not slide-makers. Founders and boards who need someone to stand up a software product line from zero with a lean team, sit in the customer meeting, and hand off a working organization.
Data-center-in-space ventures designing nodes, fabrics, and the ground link.
RPO, on-orbit servicing, debris removal, and formation-flying missions.
Launch-on-demand services and new spaceports adding a software and flight-services layer.
Ground-station networks and mission-control platforms moving to cloud-native, multi-tenant delivery.
Space ventures are usually pre-revenue and time-constrained. We size engagements accordingly and are open to equity alignment where it fits.
Build the software organization and the first product line from zero — architecture, hiring, release discipline, and customer engagement — for a defined period, then hand off.
Two to six weeks on a specific question: node architecture, ground-segment product definition, autonomy stack, or flight-software methodology. Written findings, direct recommendations.
Board-level advisory for founders, and technical diligence for investors evaluating space companies whose risk is in the software and systems, not the rocket.
U.S. citizen leadership; able to obtain a security clearance. Comfortable operating in ITAR-aware and regulated environments alongside lean startups.
Tell us what you're launching and where the software risk is. We'll tell you, candidly, what we'd do first.