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Orion Space Solutions

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Orion Space Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arcfield, is a leader in the small satellite industry that leverages scientific and engineering expertise to develop solutions for complex space-based challenges. They design and manufacture small satellites and sensor payloads and offer testing and calibration services. Orion partners with government agencies like the U.S. Space Force and NOAA, providing services such as atmospheric density data and on-orbit refueling demonstrations. Key areas of focus include space domain awareness, Earth observation, and satellite mission planning.

commercialFounded 2005
Louisville, Colorado, United States
orion.arcfield.com/
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Orion Space Solutions specializes in sensor and payload design, SmallSat and CubeSat spacecraft integration and manufacturing, and space mission operations and data analysis.

CapabilityValue 3.0Nov 30, 2023Arcfield Completes Acquisition of Orion Space Solutions

Arcfield has completed its acquisition of Orion Space Solutions, a Colorado-based developer of end-to-end space mission capabilities and solutions.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Nov 30, 2023Arcfield Completes Acquisition of Orion Space Solutions

Arcfield has completed the acquisition of Orion Space Solutions, a Colorado-based developer of end-to-end space mission capabilities.

RelationshipsGrowthValue 3.8Nov 30, 2023Arcfield acquires Orion Space Solutions

Orion Space Solutions specializes in sensor and payload design, smallsat and CubeSat spacecraft integration and manufacturing, and space mission operations and data analysis.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.2Nov 30, 2023Arcfield acquires Orion Space Solutions

Arcfield completed the acquisition of Orion Space Solutions on 2023-11-29.

RelationshipsValue 4.5Nov 29, 2023Defense and intelligence contractor Arcfield acquires Orion Space Solutions

Orion Space Solutions was founded in 2005 as Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates and was renamed Orion Space Solutions in 2022.

GovernanceValue 2.0Nov 29, 2023Defense and intelligence contractor Arcfield acquires Orion Space Solutions

Advanced Space, Orion Space Solutions, and ExoAnalytic Solutions are applying advanced Machine Learning techniques to identify small debris ranging from 0.1 to 10 centimeters under the SINTRA contract from IARPA.

GeneralCapabilityRelationshipsLegalValue 4.0Aug 29, 2023Advanced Space-led team applying ML to detect orbital debris for IARPA

Orion Space Solutions is collaborating with Microsoft to develop the NEXUS Electromagnetic Data Mesh Network for Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2).

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Jul 12, 2023Orion Space Solutions (OSS) + Microsoft collaborating on space domain security

Orion Space Solutions is collaborating with Microsoft to develop the NEXUS Electromagnetic Data Mesh Network for Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2).

RelationshipsCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jul 11, 2023Orion Space Solutions and Microsoft Collaborate to Revolutionize DoD's Space Architecture

Orion Space Solutions positions the NEXUS EDaaS mesh network to deliver combined interoperability to the U.S. Government and its allies and to support on-orbit space quantum collaboration.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.4Jul 11, 2023Orion, Microsoft to Enhance Space Architecture of US DoD

Orion Space Solutions characterizes the NEXUS EDaaS mesh network as delivering combined interoperability to the U.S. Government and its allies and as laying a foundation for on-orbit space quantum collaboration.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Jul 11, 2023Orion Space Solutions and Microsoft Collaborate to Revolutionize DoD's Space Architecture

Orion Space Solutions is collaborating with Microsoft to develop the NEXUS Electromagnetic Data Mesh Network for Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2).

RelationshipsCapabilityGeneralValue 4.4Jul 11, 2023Orion, Microsoft to Enhance Space Architecture of US DoD

The Orion Space Solutions experiment with Orbit Fab’s hydrazine depot is projected to launch in 2025.

PlanValue 4.0Jun 13, 2023Space Force eager to harness satellite-servicing technologies

Space Systems Command’s Innovation and Prototyping Directorate awarded Orion Space Solutions a contract to develop three small satellites that will dock with a hydrazine depot supplied by Orbit Fab in geostationary orbit.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.7Jun 13, 2023Space Force eager to harness satellite-servicing technologies

The EWS initiative intends to build satellites using sensors developed by Orion Space Solutions and General Atomics.

PlanRelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.8Jun 1, 2023Space Force exploring options to build weather monitoring constellation

Orion Space Solutions is building another cubesat to be launched in early 2024.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.5Jun 1, 2023Space Force exploring options to build weather monitoring constellation

The Space Force awarded Orion Space Solutions a $50,000,000 contract for the Tetra-5 experiment last year.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanGeneralValue 4.7May 25, 2023Orbit Fab selects Impulse Space’s orbital vehicle for in-space refueling demo

In January, Space Systems Command launched another EWS prototype cubesat built by Orion Space Solutions on the SpaceX Transporter-6 rideshare for a one-year demonstration.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.2May 25, 2023Northrop Grumman wins $45 million Space Force contract to launch small weather satellite

A cubesat built by Orion Space Solutions to gather weather imagery launched on 2023-01-03 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare flight.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Jan 12, 2023U.S. Space Force considers a second NOAA weather satellite

The EWS demonstration is planned to run for one year to assess the capabilities of an imaging cubesat made by Orion Space Solutions to provide timely weather imagery data from low Earth orbit.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 3, 2023Space Force launches weather-imaging cubesat for year-long demonstration
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