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Space Object Custody Management System (SOCMS)

Limited capability to detect and classify unknown space objects in real-time.

Mission AreaForce Protection (Defense)TypeSoftwareTRLTRL 6Technical MaturityPrototypeTeam Size10-20Funding StageBootstrappedATO StatusNoneCohort25-1

About

Problem

Limited real-time capability to detect, classify and monitor not-before-seen space objects.

Solution

Patent-pending detection and characterization algorithms as part of a comprehensive Space Object Custody Management System (SOCMS).

Field Validation

Pre-field Technology Maturity (TRL): 6 | Components tested on real world sensor datasets.

Strategic Advantage

Patent-pending image processing code enables precision (i.e., accurate) real-time (i.e., fast) performance and low bandwidth required results (i.e., efficient) autonomously (i.e., AI/ML-enabled) from the edge (i.e., space- or ground-based).

Go-to-Market

Access: Primarily AFWERX. Dual-Use: Potential: SOCMS can be extended to sovereign ally countries and commercial satellite constellation operators.

Team

Our team is led by an award-winning computational scientist with extensive experience in defense systems sensors, signal and image processing, AI/ML and technology management. Our exceptional team of computer science, physics, machine learning, sensor phenomenology, data science, space intelligence and non-Earth imagery (NEI) experts include a number of patent holders (i.e., innovators), and have 40+ combined years of defense, commercial aerospace, and government R&D experience.

Primary User

Space Systems Command and combatant commands.

Problem

Limited capability to detect and classify unknown space objects in real-time.