The startup provides commercial space services focused on national security and spaceflight safety through advanced technologies for space traffic management and orbital debris tracking. It addresses the critical issues of orbital debris accumulation and the need for enhanced space domain awareness for commercial, civil, and national security stakeholders.
Funding
$330K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
The increasing number of satellites and orbital debris in near-Earth space poses a significant threat to operational spacecraft, the International Space Station, and future space activities. Current space traffic management systems and ground-based tracking solutions are inadequate to monitor and mitigate the risks associated with this growing congestion, particularly for smaller, difficult-to-track debris. This increases the potential for collisions and the Kessler Effect, which could render certain orbits unusable.
Solution
Launchspace Technologies provides space-based solutions for detecting, tracking, and remediating orbital debris, as well as enhancing space domain awareness. The company is developing a constellation of sensor spacecraft in LEO and Cislunar space to identify and track resident space objects (RSOs), including both active satellites and orbital debris, with greater precision than current ground-based systems. Launchspace also plans to deploy debris impact pads (DIPs) to passively collect and remove smaller, untrackable debris. The combined data from the sensor constellation and the debris remediation capabilities will provide comprehensive space domain awareness and space traffic management services, ensuring safer and more sustainable space operations.
Target Audience
The primary customers include the Space Force, intelligence community, NASA, NOAA, commercial satellite operators, and other organizations requiring space domain awareness, orbital debris detection, tracking, and removal services.
Features
- LEO and Cislunar sensor constellation for detecting and tracking RSOs, including objects as small as CubeSats in GEO
- Addresses solar blindness issues (solar glare, eclipse, and spacecraft self-shadowing)
- Detects and tracks GEO crossing objects, RSOs in geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO), and cislunar space
- Debris impact pads (DIPs) for passive collection and removal of small orbital debris
- Patented solutions for orbital debris control and space traffic management