This episode of the Space Industry podcast by satsearch is a conversation with Laura Crabtree of Epsilon3 on digital transformation in the space sector, and the growth of digital tools and approaches in assembly, integration and testing (AIT).
Epsilon3 is a US-based software company on a mission to modernize space missions by building the industry standard of operational software. In the podcast we discuss:
- Laura’s own personal motivation in the space industry and her professional background – including work at Northrop Grumman and SpaceX
- How the emerging mission operations requirements of new space companies led to an opportunity to create Epsilon3
- Trends in digital transformation and software operations in the space industry
- How Epsilon3 ensures security and the question of cloud-based vs. on-premise software deployment
- How software tools and digital processes are improving and speeding up assembly, integration, and testing (AIT)
- How space companies should deal with failure, and use it to build their brand narrative
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Further reading
- A complete guide to building space mission operations, part one – with Epsilon3
- A complete guide to building space mission operations, part two – with Epsilon3
- Meeting space engineering challenges with satsearch
- What’s next for NewSpace, in 2025 and beyond?
- How satsearch is fixing space procurement
- Streamlining TT&C operations through automation
- Digital transformation and upgrading AIT in space engineering
- How to execute Assembly, Integration, and Testing (AIT)
- How to automate TT&C for spacecraft
- Epsilon3 launches the space industry’s first test management software
- Plan – visualize schedules, timelines, and dependencies to track the critical path
- Epsilon3 launches “Build” to support space manufacturing
- Decision making and agility in space mission development
- Common pitfalls in manufacturing and AI&T that can be overcome using Epsilon3
- The evolution of commercial human spaceflight
- Improving space missions using software-based procedures and communications
- Reducing errors in space missions using software-based routines
