SHE ORBITS
SHE ORBITS is a multidisciplinary Space & STEM company that empowers women and girls to enter the space industry through training, mentorship, and hands-on research. The organization offers programs across 30+ space and STEM sectors, including original research in satellite collision avoidance using deep reinforcement learning and CubeSat design. It has trained over 1,000 women and maintains partnerships across six continents.
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- Artificial Intelligence
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Women remain significantly underrepresented in the global space industry and STEM fields, limiting diversity in aerospace technology, satellite missions, and space exploration. This gender gap restricts innovation and leaves many aspiring female scientists, engineers, and researchers without clear pathways, mentorship, or practical opportunities to enter the space sector.
Solution
SHE ORBITS is a multidisciplinary Space & STEM global company that bridges the gender gap in STEM through quality training, global recognition, practical research, and hands-on learning experiences. The organization delivers world-class educational, research, and innovation services that empower the next generation of space professionals while supporting organizations through international collaboration. By combining foundational theory with real-world context and interdisciplinary exploration, SHE ORBITS introduces learners to aerospace engineering, space medicine, AI and data science, sustainability, policy, communications, business, arts, and future human space fields. The company also conducts original research across satellite technology, space law, orbital mechanics, and space radiation, providing participants with authentic research experiences and career development pathways.
Target Audience
Primary customers are women and girls globally who seek pathways into space and STEM careers, as well as educational institutions, organizations, and communities seeking space education programs, research partnerships, and workforce development initiatives.
Features
- 30+ space and STEM sectors covering aerospace engineering, space medicine, AI and data science, sustainability, policy, communications, business, arts, and future human space systems
- Research programs spanning satellite collision avoidance using deep reinforcement learning, CubeSat design and operations, spacecraft formation flying, space radiation health effects, Lagrange point missions, and satellite coverage for disaster monitoring
- Space law research covering the Artemis Accords, ISS deorbiting implications, space tourism criminal liability, and active debris removal governance
- Mentorship programs connecting women with world-class female leaders in the space industry
- Global challenges, competitions, workshops, conferences, and astronaut training pathways
- International partnerships spanning 6 continents with 10+ institutional collaborations