Your Mission Optimized, Start to Finish
All missions have trade offs, but finding the optimum is complex. Thanks to refueling, you can trade less and do more. Our refueling service includes trade space optimization with our mission planning software, UMPIRE.
You tell us what matters most to you, we handle the rest.
Why UMPIRE?
Our UMPIRE software incorporates what parameters matter to you most, such as a specific mission operation or a desired payload mass, and analyzes exactly how refueling benefits your mission, and where in your ConOps you should refuel.
Mission ConOps
UMPIRE trades how refueling can make the most of your desired mission ConOps.
Spacecraft Design
UMPIRE works with your spacecraft and mission goals to determine how refueling can benefit your spacecraft design.
Financials
Through trade-space optimization for mission ConOps and spacecraft design, UMPIRE maximizes your revenue potential and gives you the best return on investment for refueling.
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Satellite ServicingAugment business models with dramatic reuse, retasking, and novel designs -
Observation & ScienceUnlock lower orbits, no constellation replacement required -
TelecommunicationsGet to orbit faster with more payload, increase on-orbit flexibility -
Space StationsResupply commodities, enable secondary business models -
Debris RemovalUnlock commercially viable and sustainable business models -
Orbital TransferEnable reuse and persistent platforms
Case Studies
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Technical Publications
Large-Scale Economically Viable Debris Removal Enabled by Refueling
As Low Earth Orbit (LEO) sees ever increasing debris congestion, sustainable solutions to debris mitigation…
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Technical Publications
Operational Flexibility and Asset Retasking Enabled by In-Space Refueling
Refueling offers more than just mission life extension. By freeing missions from the constraints of…
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Technical Publications
A Ubiquitous Propellant Supply Chain for Enhancement of LEO to GEO Transfer Services
Geostationary orbit has long been a struggle for spacecraft to reach, but with efficient supply…
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Ready to Refuel Your Spacecraft?
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Make Your Spacecraft Refuelable
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IMPACT
Learn How Refueling Benefits Your Mission
Refueling enables everything from life extension to mobility and novel business models.