ODIN Space (Debris Tracking): ODIN Space is a UK-based company focused on addressing the threat posed by sub-centimeter space debris. They have developed technology, including their Guardian platform, to map and analyze this debris, providing data-driven insights for collision risk assessment and mitigation. Their services target satellite operators, insurers, and on-orbit service providers, aiming to protect space assets and promote sustainable growth in the NewSpace economy.
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Odin Space is a British start-up that develops technologies to detect and map lethal and untrackable space debris.
Odin Space's technologies help satellite operators, insurers, and governments understand and respond to space debris threats.
Odin Space is developing a grid of sub-millimeter sensors for on-orbit monitoring to illuminate blind spots in orbital maps.
ODIN Space is developing a fully commercial sensor capable of mapping debris between 0 m and 0.01 m and measuring debris size and location.
Odin Space successfully powered up a demo sensor on 2023-06-27 that is integrated with D-Orbit’s ION orbital transfer vehicle.
D-Orbit’s ION orbital transfer vehicle carrying Odin Space’s demo sensor was launched to low Earth orbit by SpaceX earlier 2023-06.
Odin Space is a three-year-old company preparing to seek additional investments to expand its customer base and deploy the first phase of its sensor network.
Odin Space plans to start launching next-generation sensors in 2024 and to deploy more than 10 of them per year across low Earth orbit and geostationary orbit as hosted payloads.
Odin Space plans to raise a seed round later 2022.
Odin Space is close to signing a deal to add an ODIN detector capable of tracking objects as small as 0 m to another company’s payload planned for launch in the first quarter of 2023.
Odin Space has raised $500,000 in pre-seed funding and secured two grants from the UK Space Agency.
Odin Space aims to deploy on-orbit detectors called ODIN (Orbital Debris Impact Network) as hosted payloads rather than launching dedicated satellites.