Atlas Space Operations is a Ground Station as a Service (GaaS) and Ground Software as a Service (GSaaS) provider in the space communications industry. They operate a global federated ground network, enabling data transmission and reception for spacecraft operators. Their Freedom software platform provides a solution to satellite communications and integrates antenna networks into a unified solution for commercial and government clients. Atlas Space Operations' services support missions across the commercial, civil, and defense sectors.
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Atlas Space Operations currently employs 42 people and plans to double the team before the end of 2024 to scale up operations.
Atlas Space Operations has raised a total of $50,000,000 in venture capital since it was founded seven years ago.
NewSpace Capital led the pre-Series C funding round in which Atlas Space Operations raised $15,000,000.
Atlas Space Operations’ network of over 50 antennas across more than 34 ground stations is the largest U.S.-owned and operated global federated ground network.
Freedom Space Technologies, a subsidiary of Atlas Space Operations, partnered with defense contractor Omni Federal to develop a ground system for U.S. Space Force missile-warning satellites.
Blue Origin selected ATLAS Space Operations to provide ground segment support for the Blue Ring mission DarkSky-1.
ATLAS Space Operations completed the successful operational integration of a Department of Defense (DoD) antenna through its Freedom Software Platform.
ATLAS Space Operations provided its global ground station network using its proprietary Freedom Software Platform to automate communications and enable near-real-time troubleshooting capabilities.
Atlas Space Operations is a seven-year-old startup based in Michigan that uses a network management platform to connect satellite antennas and create a federated network.
Freedom Space will deliver software solutions for FORGE C2 that build upon ATLAS Space Operations’ Freedom software platform and will bridge the architecture of the government’s existing systems with a new prototype under development.
Freedom Space Technologies is a subsidiary of Atlas Space Operations that provides a cloud-based software platform used to manage satellite ground systems.
In 2022 the Defense Innovation Unit selected eight companies to work on the Hybrid Space Architecture: Aalyria, Anduril, Atlas Space Operations, Enveil, SpiderOak Mission Systems, Amazon Web Services, Amazon’s Project Kuiper, and Microsoft Azure Space.
Atlas Space Operations estimates there are thousands of underutilized satellite antennas that could be used to expand capacity.
ATLAS Space Operations partnered with Viasat Real-Time Earth in early 2023 to include Viasat’s ground antenna network in the ATLAS Global Federated Network.
Sidus Space selected ATLAS Space Operations to expand ground station services for its operations.
ATLAS Space Operations utilizes Freedom Software together with a global federated antenna network to provide end-to-end monitoring of all assets.
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) selected ATLAS Space Operations to expand ground station services for its operations.
ATLAS Space Operations uses Freedom™ Software together with a global federated antenna network to provide end-to-end monitoring of satellite assets.
On 2023-03-09, Atlas Space Operations partnered with Viasat Real-Time Earth to expand Atlas’ antenna network and offer customers access to larger antennas.
The 7.3-meter antennas are larger than Atlas Space Operations’ traditional antennas and enable partners to access satellites in medium Earth orbit and geostationary orbit.