Advanced Space

Name

Advanced Space

Legal name

Advanced Space, LLC

Website

https://advancedspace.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Space Mission Services and Cislunar Navigation Software

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Spacecraft Avionics, Flight Computers & Software (IMABACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Autonomy Software, AI & Mission Management (UAS/UXV) (IMABAIAH), Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) for Space Systems (IMABACAG)

Keywords

• Cislunar navigation software
• Space mission design
• Spacecraft autonomy AI
• Space situational awareness
• Orbit determination services

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulder

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Mission Contracts: Prime and subcontract work with NASA, DoD, and other U.S. government agencies for mission design, operations, and technology development. Includes SBIR/STTR contracts.
2. Commercial Mission Solutions: Turn-key missions, data and capabilities purchases, and demonstrated cislunar and Martian success for commercial customers.
3. Mission Enabling Services: Mission and flight optimization, mission design, mission systems engineering, navigation, and trajectory planning services.
4. Technology Solutions Licensing: Trusted AI/ML autonomy expertise, flight-demonstrated applications, and analysis at scale solutions provided to customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Advanced Space develops and sells proprietary cislunar navigation and AI/ML autonomy software (CAPS, BLT, SigmaZero, SCRAM, CALM, NNEP, SINTRA) and delivers mission enabling services including mission and flight optimization, mission design, and mission systems engineering for civil, commercial, and national security space customers. The company also provides turn-key mission solutions, operating the CAPSTONE spacecraft as prime contractor for NASA and the Oracle mission as prime contractor for AFRL.

Product overview

Advanced Space delivers a portfolio of software products and mission services spanning three core areas: Mission Enabling Services (mission design, flight optimization, systems engineering), Technology Solutions (AI/ML autonomy, flight-demonstrated applications, analysis at scale), and Turn-key Mission Solutions (end-to-end mission delivery). Key proprietary products include CAPS (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System) — a peer-to-peer spacecraft navigation technology — and BLT (Ballistic Lunar Transfers) — a low-energy trajectory design framework reducing propellant requirements for lunar transfers. The company operates its flagship CAPSTONE mission (12U CubeSat demonstrating CAPS and NRHO operations for NASA's Gateway), serves as prime contractor for AFRL's Oracle cislunar tracking mission, and supports NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission. AI/ML offerings include SigmaZero (anomaly detection), SCRAM (collision risk assessment), CALM (low-thrust contingency planning), and NNEP (autonomous onboard maneuver design). These products are supported by mission design, navigation, GNC, proximity operations, and space domain awareness services across LEO, cislunar, and interplanetary regimes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CAPS (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System): A peer-to-peer navigation technology incorporating relative tracking data between two or more vehicles for autonomous space navigation.
• CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment)
• BLT (Ballistic Lunar Transfers)
• SigmaZero

Products and services

• CAPS (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System) Peer-to-peer spacecraft navigation technology that enables vehicles to determine their absolute position autonomously using relative crosslink tracking data between two or more spacecraft, reducing reliance on ground-based Deep Space Network tracking. Developed under NASA SBIR Phase III and validated on the CAPSTONE mission in cislunar space. Target customers are civil, commercial, and national security space operators needing autonomous cislunar navigation.
• BLT (Ballistic Lunar Transfers) Low-energy ballistic lunar transfer trajectory design framework reducing spacecraft ΔV requirements by 50–150 m/s compared to 350–550 m/s for direct transfers, enabling increased mass delivery to Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit. The transfer is ballistic (zero deterministic ΔV) after launch when designed with proper geometry. Target customers are mission planners designing Earth-to-Moon trajectories.
• CAPSTONE Mission 12U CubeSat mission owned and operated by Advanced Space as NASA prime contractor, demonstrating the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System (CAPS) and serving as a pathfinder for the NRHO targeted by NASA's Gateway program. Performs autonomous navigation, CAPS crosslink experiments with LRO, and extended cislunar operations. Customer is NASA and downstream Artemis stakeholders.
• Oracle Mission AFRL Oracle-Prime cislunar space object detection and tracking mission with Advanced Space as prime contractor, focused on detecting and tracking objects near the Moon for national security space domain awareness. Customer is the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.
• ESCAPADE Mission Support Mission design and trajectory support for NASA's ESCAPADE twin-spacecraft Mars mission, led by UC Berkeley, to study solar wind interactions with the Martian magnetosphere. Advanced Space supported the mission through multiple design cycles. Customer is NASA with UC Berkeley as principal investigator institution.
• Mission Enabling Services Professional services spanning mission and flight optimization, mission design, and mission systems engineering for civil, commercial, and national security space customers across LEO, cislunar, and interplanetary regimes. Includes orbit determination, navigation, GNC, proximity operations, and space domain awareness support. Delivered on a project or contract basis to NASA, DoD, and commercial operators.
• AI/ML Technology Solutions Trusted AI/ML autonomy, flight-demonstrated applications, and analysis-at-scale services for mission planning, onboard autonomy, space situational awareness, collision avoidance, and navigation. Encompasses SigmaZero (anomaly detection), SCRAM (collision risk assessment via Recurrent and Transformer neural networks), CALM (low-thrust contingency recovery), NNEP (onboard maneuver design), and SINTRA (sub-10cm orbital debris detection). Delivered to civil, commercial, and national security space customers.
• Turn-Key Mission Solutions End-to-end mission delivery service for commercial and government customers, including data and capabilities purchases, with demonstrated cislunar and Martian success. Advanced Space acts as owner/operator (CAPSTONE) and prime contractor (Oracle) under this line, providing full mission lifecycle support from design through operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• BLT trajectories reduce spacecraft ΔV requirements by 50-150 m/s compared to 350-550 m/s for direct transfers
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• NASAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 September 2019NASA awarded $13.7M contract for CAPSTONE mission and multiple subsequent contracts including SBIR Phase II awards. Advanced Space is prime contractor for CAPSTONE and Oracle missions, and supports ESCAPADE mission design. NASA provides launch services, Deep Space Network support, and mission operations collaboration.
• Terran Orbital CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesigned and built the CAPSTONE spacecraft. Terran Orbital produced hardware, assembled and tested the spacecraft, and integrated the satellite for launch. Ongoing partnership for mission operations support.
• Stellar ExplorationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPropulsion subsystem provider for CAPSTONE mission. Contributed to spacecraft design and implementation.
• Rocket Lab USA, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaunch provider for CAPSTONE mission on three-stage Electron launch vehicle. Enabled delivery to lunar orbit.
• Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL)coreTechnology or IntegrationIris radio and navigation firmware provider for CAPSTONE mission, enabling communication and navigation capabilities.
• Orion Space SolutionsmajorTechnology or IntegrationChip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC) hardware provider for CAPSTONE necessary for 1-way ranging experiment. Also received follow-on subcontract from Advanced Space for IARPA SINTRA Phase 2.
• Tethers Unlimited, Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationCross Link radio provider for CAPSTONE mission enabling spacecraft-to-spacecraft communication capabilities.
• Morehead State UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOperates newest affiliated node on NASA Deep Space Network. Provides telemetry, tracking and control services for CAPSTONE and other missions while engaging students in deep space operations.
• IARPAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAwarded Phase II contract for SINTRA space debris detection and tracking program. Advanced Space developing AI/ML approaches for detecting and tracking orbital debris smaller than 10cm.
• AFRL (Air Force Research Laboratory)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrime contractor for Oracle-Prime mission for space object detection and tracking near the Moon. Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) for cislunar activities data sharing.
• Q StationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew Mexico coworking ecosystem partnership enhancing Oracle project success and aerospace industry engagement.
• Inflection Space StrategiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Michael Dickey focusing on national security and U.S. space sector solutions.
• Mike BeavinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExperienced space policy advisor engaged to elevate presence in Washington D.C. and craft communications with government stakeholders.
• ExoAnalytic SolutionsmajorTechnology or IntegrationPartnered with Advanced Space on IARPA SINTRA Phase II program for space debris tracking using AI/ML approaches.
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNASA JPL supported CAPSTONE communication, tracking, and telemetry via Deep Space Network. Iris radio design and 1-way navigation algorithms developed in collaboration with JPL.
• Tyvak Nano-Satellite SystemscoreTechnology or IntegrationSpacecraft operations partner for CAPSTONE extended mission, operating jointly with Advanced Space on mission monitoring and data processing.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ExoAnalytic Solutions: Space domain awareness and deep-space object tracking company; partnered with Advanced Space on IARPA SINTRA Phase II and competes in cislunar tracking alongside Advanced Space's Oracle-Prime work for AFRL.
• COMSPOC: Space situational awareness software and space traffic management services for commercial and government operators; competes with Advanced Space's space traffic coordination and SDA software offerings.
• True Anomaly: Space domain awareness and rendezvous/proximity operations company serving USSF; competes head-to-head with Advanced Space's cislunar SDA pursuits and is a known competitor per Advanced Space BD leadership background.
• LeoLabs: Commercial provider of space situational awareness and orbital debris tracking; competes with Advanced Space's SINTRA/SCRAM debris-detection capability in the SSA market serving government and commercial operators.
• Slingshot Aerospace: AI-driven space situational awareness and space domain awareness platform for DoD and commercial operators; competes in the same ML-for-SDA category as Advanced Space's SigmaZero and SCRAM products.
• a.i. solutions: Aerospace engineering services firm providing mission design, flight dynamics, and GNC support to NASA and DoD — directly overlapping Advanced Space's Mission Enabling Services line and similar customer base.
• Odyssey Systems Consulting: Aerospace engineering and mission support services firm supporting DoD and intelligence community space programs; comparable to Advanced Space's mission-enabling services business with similar customer overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Parsons Corporation: Diversified defense and space engineering services provider with space domain awareness, mission integration, and NASA program support work that overlaps Advanced Space's mission design and SDA offerings.
• Ball Aerospace: Large Colorado-based space prime building spacecraft, instruments, and missions for NASA/DoD; competes for broader cislunar and SDA mission work and is part of the same Colorado aerospace ecosystem cited in Advanced Space's data.
• KBR (Space/Mission Solutions): Provides mission operations, spaceflight engineering, and NASA/DoD program support (incl. legacy SGT work); competes with Advanced Space on civil and national-security mission services at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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