Our Mission
Space is a shared resource. We're building the tools to keep it that way.
Our Vision
A future where space remains accessible to all humanity. Where every orbit is tracked, every risk is quantified, and every operator has the tools to act responsibly. ORBIS is the infrastructure that makes this future possible.
Our Mission
To make space operations sustainable by providing every satellite operator — from startups to space agencies — with the intelligence and tools they need to operate safely, comply with regulations, and coordinate with the orbital community.
The Kessler Problem
Why space sustainability isn't optional — it's existential.
In 1978, NASA scientist Donald Kessler described a scenario that would fundamentally threaten humanity's access to space: a cascading chain reaction of collisions in orbit. Each collision creates thousands of new fragments, each capable of triggering further collisions. The result is an exponential feedback loop that could render entire orbital regimes unusable for generations.
This is no longer theoretical. The 2009 Iridium-Cosmos collision produced over 2,300 trackable fragments. China's 2007 anti-satellite test created 3,500 more. Today, over 36,500 objects are tracked in orbit, alongside an estimated 130 million debris fragments too small to catalog but large enough to destroy a spacecraft.
Meanwhile, the space industry is scaling at unprecedented speed. Mega-constellations are deploying thousands of satellites per year. By 2030, projections suggest over 50,000 active satellites will share orbital space — a five-fold increase from today. Without coordinated traffic management, the probability of catastrophic collisions rises sharply with every launch.
36,500+
Tracked objects in orbit
130M+
Untracked debris fragments
10,000+
Daily conjunction alerts
The challenge is not just tracking these objects — it's making the data actionable. Today, operators rely on fragmented tools, manual email chains for coordination, and spreadsheets for compliance tracking. Conjunction Data Messages (CDMs) arrive in the thousands daily, and most operators lack the resources to process them meaningfully. Critical decisions are made under time pressure with incomplete information.
Space Traffic Management (STM) is the answer — a systematic framework for monitoring, coordinating, and regulating activities in orbit. But STM requires infrastructure: data pipelines, intelligence engines, compliance automation, and coordination protocols. That infrastructure is what ASTRION is building.
The ASTRION Approach
Three principles that set ORBIS apart from legacy tools and point solutions.
Standards-First
ORBIS is built on CCSDS, ISO 24113, and IADC guidelines from the ground up — not as afterthoughts. Every data format, every API endpoint, every compliance check speaks the language the space industry already uses. We don't create lock-in; we create interoperability.
AI-Embedded
Machine learning isn't a bolt-on module — it's woven into every workflow. XGBoost risk scoring on 12 orbital features, anomaly detection, and maneuver optimization run in real-time via ONNX Runtime. The AI surfaces what matters so operators can focus on decisions, not data processing.
Sovereign
Data sovereignty is non-negotiable in space operations. ORBIS runs on European infrastructure with row-level security isolation, complete tenant separation, and GDPR compliance by architecture. Your orbital data never leaves your control.
Our Values in Depth
The principles that shape everything we build, every decision we make, and every relationship we form.
Safety First
Every feature, every algorithm, every decision we make is guided by one question: does this make space safer? We build for the operator who has 30 seconds to decide on a maneuver.
Safety isn't a feature flag — it's the foundation of everything we build. When an operator has 30 seconds to decide whether to execute a collision avoidance maneuver, they need absolute confidence in the data and recommendations they're seeing. We design for that moment of truth: every algorithm is validated against historical conjunction events, every risk score is explainable, and every recommendation includes uncertainty quantification.
Radical Transparency
Our algorithms are explainable. Our compliance reports are auditable. Our data provenance is traceable. Trust is built through transparency, not black boxes.
In safety-critical systems, trust cannot be demanded — it must be earned through transparency. Our AI models are explainable by design: every risk score comes with a breakdown of contributing factors. Our compliance reports are fully auditable with complete provenance chains. When we make a recommendation, operators can see exactly why and trace the data back to its source.
Sustainability by Design
Space sustainability isn't a feature — it's the reason we exist. Every module in ORBIS is designed to reduce the environmental impact of space operations.
The space environment is a commons — shared by all, owned by none. Every satellite launched, every piece of debris created, affects every other operator in orbit. ORBIS exists to protect this commons. From CLEANPATH's post-mission disposal planning to VIGIL's debris tracking, every module is designed with long-term orbital sustainability as a first-order concern, not a compliance checkbox.
Interoperability
We build on open standards (CCSDS, ISO) because the space industry succeeds when it speaks a common language. ORBIS fits into your existing workflows, not the other way around.
The space industry has a fragmentation problem — not just debris, but data formats, tools, and workflows. We believe the solution is open standards, not proprietary lock-in. ORBIS speaks CCSDS natively because that's the language the international space community has agreed upon. We build on ISO, IADC, and COPUOS guidelines because interoperability is how we scale safety from one operator to the entire orbital ecosystem.
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