Arkisys is excited to kickoff a short burn study effort on de-orbit augmentation and on-demand commercial services for the Space Development Agency! Led by Arkisys the team includes Kall Morris Inc, ThermaSat Inc., Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. and Revolution Space. SDA is interested in capabilities for on-demand de-orbit as a commercially available service.

“The team’s goal is to dive into the various ground launch and space deployed options available combining the unique talents each team member brings” says Rahul Rughani, Ph.D., Chief Systems Engineer at Arkisys. “Looking at the Delta-V required both from either ground or from an orbital platform will identify multiple options we can offer to SDA to consider.”

Arkisys has made strong progress in showcasing use cases for a long duration space testbed that is by design able to grow into a larger structure itself on orbit. “Space is a throwaway culture today” says David A Barnhart, founder and CEO. “Every other platform on Earth can extend life, revenue and new uses through new parts, the right tools and a garage to work in. But not Space. We are fundamentally changing the equation to make that possible … today” says Barnhart.