Open Orbit

Name

Open Orbit

Legal name

Open Orbit

Website

https://openorbits.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Open Orbit is a non-profit CubeSat development team at Colorado State University's Electrical and Computer Engineering department, providing student members with hands-on aerospace engineering, marketing, and project management experience through on-campus satellite development projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

University Aerospace Education

SIC

Guided Missiles & Space Vehicles & Parts (3760)

akta.pro primary industry

Space & Astronomy Programs (EDAMABAE)

Keywords

• Cubesat development team
• Aerospace student organization
• University satellite program
• Space engineering education
• Hands-on aerospace training

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Open Orbit is a student CubeSat team at Colorado State University's Electrical and Computer Engineering department that provides hands-on experience in aerospace engineering, marketing, and project management. The organization offers opportunities for senior design projects and professional portfolio development through participation in CubeSat development activities, with team membership and a monthly newsletter serving as the primary engagement channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Open Orbit CubeSat Team Student-run CubeSat development team hosted by Colorado State University's Electrical and Computer Engineering department in Lab C109, providing participating students with hands-on experience in aerospace engineering, marketing, and project management, along with senior design project support and professional portfolio-building opportunities.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• EnduroSat: EnduroSat provides CubeSat platforms, solar panels, and an online mission simulator aimed at university and student teams globally. It is comparable to Open Orbit because its customer base and product offering directly overlaps with the educational small-satellite segment the student team operates in.
• NanoRacks (Voyager Space): NanoRacks provides commercial access to space, including CubeSat deployment from the ISS and rideshare launch services used by many university teams. It is comparable to Open Orbit because it is part of the launch-and-deployment ecosystem that student CubeSat projects rely on to reach orbit.
• GomSpace: GomSpace supplies CubeSat and small-satellite subsystems, platforms, and mission services with a long track record of university team support. It is comparable to Open Orbit because it operates in the same CubeSat technology stack the student team is learning and prototyping with.
• Blue Canyon Technologies: Blue Canyon Technologies manufactures small satellite buses and CubeSat platforms used by both commercial operators and university research missions. It is comparable to Open Orbit because it operates in the same small-spacecraft and CubeSat technology space where the student team is building capability.
• AAC Clyde Space: AAC Clyde Space provides CubeSat subsystems, components, and small-satellite platforms with a heritage of university and commercial mission supply. It is comparable to Open Orbit because its products are commonly used by student CubeSat teams building educational satellite missions.
• Pumpkin Space Systems: Pumpkin Space Systems manufactures CubeSat kits, structures, and electrical components widely used by university CubeSat teams. It is comparable to Open Orbit because it serves the same university student-teams market with the hardware backbone for educational satellite projects.
• Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems (Terran Orbital): Tyvak designs and manufactures nano-satellite platforms and CubeSat buses for commercial, government, and university customers. It is comparable to Open Orbit because its CubeSat bus products and integration services underpin many student-team satellite missions, putting it in the same technology category.

Direct peers

• Cal Poly CubeSat Program (PolySat): Cal Poly's PolySat is a multi-decade university CubeSat program developing small satellites for educational and research missions. It is comparable to Open Orbit because both are university-affiliated student organizations that design, build, and operate CubeSats as hands-on aerospace engineering projects.
• SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space): SEDS is a student-led international organization promoting space exploration and development, with chapters at universities including those running CubeSat teams. It is comparable to Open Orbit because both are student organizations focused on building practical space-project experience and pipelines into the aerospace industry.
• Stanford Space Rendezvous Laboratory: Stanford's Space Rendezvous Laboratory conducts university-led small-satellite and CubeSat research with strong student involvement. It is comparable to Open Orbit because both operate as university-based CubeSat development efforts that train students through real spacecraft engineering projects.

Market position

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@OpenOrbitCubeSatTeam
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/open-orbit-satellites
• Instagraminstagram.com/openorbitcsu

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Investors

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