Selecting, designing with, and purchasing the most suitable products and services in the space industry can be a complex task. This supply chain is large, disconnected, and diverse, making it tough for engineers to efficiently find the best options.
To help, we regularly produce resources to assist ambitious engineers like you in accelerating your mission development. And these are updated on a continuous basis to accurately reflect the supply available in the industry today.
These guides contain advice on identifying and procuring specific products and services (based on our experience supporting more than 400 mission teams) along with details of commercially-available options on the market today.
Get started at the links below and let’s turn your ideas into operations, faster than ever!
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General information
Articles, advice, and resources on the space supply chain and space procurement at a high level.
Satellite platforms and buses
Accelerate your mission with pre-qualified, modular, and integrated platforms and satellite bus solutions in a wide range of form factors – consisting of all critical subsystems and components, along with a variety of payload interfaces.
Satellite payloads
Information on commercially-available satellite cameras and payloads for applications such as Earth Observation (EO), remote sensing, maritime tracking, climate change monitoring, and more.
Power systems and components
Power generation, storage, and management technologies including solar cells and panels, satellite batteries, the Electrical Power System (EPS), and other solutions.
Attitude sensors
Guidance, navigation and control (GNC) subsystems that enable the precise determination of a satellite or spacecraft’s attitude and positioning while in orbit.
Attitude actuators
Guidance, navigation and control (GNC) subsystems that enable attitude control through various means of actuation.
Thrusters and in-space propulsion technology
Propulsion capabilities for orbit and attitude control, station-keeping, de-orbiting, collision avoidance maneuvers, and other mission operations.
Satellite communications
Satellite radios, antennas, transmitters, transponders, transceivers (in optical and radio frequency (RF) spectra) to help you build a robust, high-performing communications chain for any mission.
Avionics and computer solutions
Space flight software and hardware solutions for avionics processes, mission operations, simulation, design, engineering, payload processing, and other applications.
De-orbiting solutions
Commercial options for ensuring safe and successful de-orbiting upon mission completion.
Materials and mechanisms
View high-performing space-grade materials for missions, along with mechanisms that enable basic, advanced, and critical functions in orbit.
Launch and deployment solutions
Launch vehicle (LV) solutions, launch brokers, hosted payloads, In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) and In-Orbit Verification (IOV) missions, along with spacecraft and satellite deployment solutions.
The ground segment
Tools, products, and services to ensure effective ground station operations for a space mission.
Space engineering providers and Assembly, integration and test (AIT) solutions
Products, services, and suppliers to accelerate all aspects of space mission design, development, qualification, and operations.
Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE)
Custom and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) electrical components for space engineers.
Education and training solutions
Courses, training opportunities, resources, tools, and programs for both new and experienced space engineers.
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