Skycorp, also known as Spacebilt, is an aerospace and defense company specializing in advanced space systems and technologies, including satellite servicing solutions, space sensors, and orbital assembly. They aim to revolutionize the spacecraft industry through modular construction and electric propulsion. Skycorp has worked with NASA on projects like the ISEE-3 Reboot and has partnered with companies like Lonestar Data Holding and Phison to develop lunar data center payloads and powerful data servers for use in space. They are involved in in-space transportation, manufacturing, and assembly, seeking to create critical infrastructure for a modern space economy.
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The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit and NASA are funding space station testing of the intelligent Space Systems Interface developed by Germany’s iBoss GmbH and Skycorp.
Skycorp’s Orbital Logistics Vehicle is designed to be launched in pieces and assembled at the International Space Station so the finished structure does not need to withstand rocket launch vibration and G forces.
Skycorp was one of seven teams awarded $200,000 apiece and selected to compete in the second round of NASA’s Watts on the Moon Challenge to develop and test power transmission and energy storage technologies.
Skycorp Inc. plans to transform space logistics in Earth orbit, cislunar orbit, and on the lunar surface.
Skycorp founder Dennis Wingo began testing spinning hard disk drives on NASA Space Shuttle flights in the 1990s, including a one-gigabyte hard drive in 1992.
Skycorp is building Lonestar’s first data center payload, which weighs 1 kg and has 16 terabytes of capacity.