Epic Aerospace is a startup company and manufacturer of reusable space tugs designed to deliver satellites into geostationary orbit (GEO). These space tugs transfer satellites from low-Earth orbit (LEO) directly to GEO. The company's space tugs are launched into space by a two-stage-to-orbit (TSTO) vehicle where they then serve the purpose of transferring satellites into their final orbit, after which the tugs refuel and repeat this process. EPIC Aerospace investors include Y Combinator, Emles Venture Partners, Iterative Accelerator, and Metaplanet Holdings.
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GomSpace technology will be used by EPIC Aerospace for missions that enable increased flexibility in how space is used.
GomSpace received an order for products and subsystems from EPIC Aerospace valued at €318,000 (approx. 3.8 MSEK).
The ordered products and subsystems will be used as part of EPIC Aerospace’s space tug control system.
The 6U EPIC LINK smallsat and payload for Kawa Space is planned for delivery in 2024-10-01.
Kawa Space awarded AAC Clyde Space a £1.25 million contract for a 6U EPIC LINK smallsat and payload.
EPIC HYPER 2 is the second of three EPIC HYPER spacecraft and is expected to deliver hyperspectral imaging data exclusively to Wyvern Inc. under a Space Data as a Service agreement.
AAC Clyde Space manufactures, operates, and owns the 6U EPIC satellites equipped with hyperspectral payloads while Wyvern Inc. subscribes to the data under a Space Data as a Service agreement.
EPICHyper-1 is a 6U EPIC CubeSat designed and built by AAC Clyde Space.
The 6U EPIC VIEW satellites dedicated to Wyvern are designed as application-specific platforms featuring increased data downlink and enhanced control capabilities.
Kelpie 1 is a 3U EPIC CubeSat designed and built by AAC Clyde Space to deliver Automatic Identification System (AIS) data exclusively to ORBCOMM and ORBCOMM’s government and commercial customers under an exclusive Space Data as a Service deal.
Under Steve Spengler's leadership, Intelsat launched the first satellite in the global Epic fleet in 2016.
Epic selected MapQuest’s Business-to-Business service to provide mapping, navigation, and geolocation services for Epic.
SpaceX is slated to launch Intelsat-40e (IS-40e) 2022 for Intelsat’s high-throughput Epic fleet.
Intelsat plans a multi-layered GEO strategy combining C-band satellites, wide-beam satellites for ISR, Epic high-throughput satellites, and software-defined satellites to serve different applications.
The Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) will establish an extramural center to unite academia, industry, and government to help create a comprehensive, user-friendly, and user-accessible Earth modeling system.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chose Raytheon Intelligence and Space to design and develop the Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC).
Horizons 3e entered service in early 2019, completing Intelsat’s Epic series of six high-throughput broadband satellites in geostationary orbit.
AAC Clyde Space will design, manufacture, and own three 6U EPIC satellites equipped with hyperspectral payloads under the agreement with Wyvern Inc.
FlexGround provides connectivity via Intelsat’s high-capacity Epic geostationary satellites while using small laptop-size antennas.
The Trump administration’s NASA budget requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 included no funding for EPIC, which did not affect the overall DSCOVR mission funded by NOAA.