True Anomaly is a space technology company that builds hardware and software solutions for space security, sustainability, and accessibility. They develop autonomous orbital vehicles like the Jackal AOV, designed for missions ranging from LEO to cislunar space. True Anomaly partners with organizations like the U.S. Space Force, Firefly Aerospace, and Redwire, aiming to safeguard space assets and ensure safe on-orbit operations. The company's work involves AI, spacecraft development, and creating operating systems for space-based missions.
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True Anomaly’s Jackal spacecraft for the Victus Haze exercise will be launched by a rocket company that has not yet been announced.
Once activated, a True Anomaly Jackal autonomous orbital vehicle (AOV) will launch from either Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida or Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The Emergent Need Small Business Innovation Research award for VICTUS HAZE will fund $30,000,000 of a total $60,000,000 effort with True Anomaly leveraging $30,000,000 of private capital.
True Anomaly was awarded a $30,000,000 contract for the Victus Haze demonstration mission.
Under its Victus Haze contract, True Anomaly will build a Jackal rendezvous and proximity operations-capable spacecraft and provide a command and control center.
True Anomaly and Rocket Lab will both demonstrate the ability to build rendezvous and proximity operation capable space vehicles and command and control centers with a delivery target of Fall 2025.
True Anomaly launched its first two Jackal spacecraft on 2024-03-04 on the Transporter-10 SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission.
On 2024-04-11, Rocket Lab and True Anomaly secured contracts to launch a tactically responsive space mission for the U.S. Space Force.
True Anomaly will demonstrate an upgraded variant of the Jackal AOV that enables multi-orbit missions with a high-acceleration, high delta-V propulsion system being developed with Agile Space Industries.
True Anomaly received a $1,630,000 Direct to Phase II SBIR contract through the SpaceWERX TacRS Challenge to demonstrate rapid integration of payloads to the Jackal AOV.
True Anomaly develops advanced hardware and software systems at the intersection of spacecraft, software, and AI to deliver solutions for space security, sustainability, and accessibility.
True Anomaly launched its first two satellites on Transporter-10 to support spacecraft inspection and proximity operations development.
True Anomaly built two Jackal ESPA-class spacecraft and established the production process, in-house test facilities, and a factory in parallel.
True Anomaly designed the Jackal AOV as an attritable system purpose-built for national security space missions.
True Anomaly established in-house test facilities and a factory while building the two Jackal spacecraft.
True Anomaly completed a $100,000,000 fundraising round.
True Anomaly developed a 35-person spacecraft team from an initial three-person team.
True Anomaly plans to seek NOAA license modifications to cover larger constellations, different missions or orbits such as GEO, and new design variants.
True Anomaly’s Even Rogers emphasized the need for a modernized licensing regime to address emerging space threats.
True Anomaly plans to launch its first two Jackal autonomous orbital vehicles aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission no earlier than 2024-03-01.