DO MORE
IN SPACE.
By building post-launch intervention technologies for on-orbit inspection, relocation and robotic manipulation to enable repair, maintenance, upgrades and installation, we aim to transform spacecraft from single-mission platforms into long-term space assets.
OUR VISION
SPACECRAFT BUILT TO EVOLVE
We envision spacecraft that are modular, upgradeable, serviceable and mobile after launch, able to adapt to changing missions, payloads and orbital needs over time. Rather than being designed around a single fixed mission, they become long-term space assets.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SPACE OPERATIONS
We aim to make post-launch intervention routine through autonomous navigation, guidance and control, agile servicing spacecraft, robotic manipulators and persistent orbital platforms. Together, these capabilities can support a growing population of space assets and a more capable orbital economy.
TOWARDS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN SPACE
The ability to intervene after launch creates the option to preserve useful hardware, adapt it as needs change and retire it responsibly when its useful life is over, moving beyond the traditional cycle of launch, operate and dispose. Together with future advances in resource utilisation, recovery, reuse and recycling, these capabilities could help close the loop towards a circular economy in space.
NEAR-TERM FOCUS
FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES
Before a spacecraft can inspect, capture, repair or upgrade another spacecraft, it must determine where the client spacecraft is and how it is moving, plan and execute a safe approach and, where required, establish a reliable physical interface.
Autonomous rendezvous, proximity operations and docking are foundational capabilities for in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing.
IN DEVELOPMENT
Autonomy & GNC
An autonomy stack for rendezvous and proximity operations.
Relative Navigation
A monocular vision-based relative navigation system.
Capture & Transfer
Interfaces designed for capture and resource transfer.
Capability pathway
PROJECT DATUM
GROUND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMME
Project DATUM is our ongoing ground development programme for autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations. We are developing and integrating monocular vision-based relative navigation with rendezvous guidance, navigation and control, and validating the stack through closed-loop ground demonstrations.
- Initiated
- August 2026
- Current phase
- In progress
FOUNDER
Ameya Marakarkandy
Ameya is an aerospace engineering graduate from IIT Bombay with a background in dynamics and control. He previously served as Project Manager of the IIT Bombay Student Satellite Program, where he conceived and led Navika, a CubeSat mission focused on autonomous proximity operations and docking.