Charter provides a modern, browser-native platform for spacecraft engineering, offering modular systems engineering and mission planning tools. The platform centralizes requirements management, test execution, and system architecture modeling for end-to-end traceability. It also facilitates streamlined access to cost-effective launch and on-orbit insurance by automating technical data compilation for carriers.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Developing spacecraft involves complex processes across requirements management, project management, and systems engineering, often leading to fragmented workflows, reduced traceability, and communication challenges among teams and external partners. These inefficiencies result in wasted engineering hours and increased risk of errors in mission-critical systems.
Solution
Charter's Ubik is a collaborative, browser-based platform that unifies requirements management, project management, and model-based systems engineering for spacecraft development. Ubik enhances traceability, compliance, and communication among teams and external partners by integrating these processes into a single environment. The platform enables users to manage requirements, perform scheduling and resourcing, file for launch and operating licenses, build object-oriented architecture diagrams, and collaborate with partners and suppliers directly. By streamlining these workflows, Ubik reduces wasted systems engineering hours and improves overall mission management.
Target Audience
Ubik is designed for aerospace engineers, systems engineers, and project managers involved in spacecraft development, particularly those working at space agencies, satellite companies, and related organizations.
Features
- Fully integrated requirements management, project scheduling, and workload distribution
- Version-controlled action items with impact analysis for informed decision-making
- Regulatory requirement tracking for launch and operating licenses
- Model-based systems engineering with object-oriented architecture diagrams
- Automated workflows connecting requirements and tests
- Secure mission detail sharing with external partners and suppliers
- Contextual conversation threads within mission details
- Real-time notifications for budget and margin alerts