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SEOPS and Intuitive Machines Partner to Provide New Lunar Rideshare Services 800 450 SEOPS Space

SEOPS and Intuitive Machines Partner to Provide New Lunar Rideshare Services

SEOPS and Intuitive Machines Partner to Provide New Lunar Rideshare Services

SEOPS offerings enabled by Intuitive Machines delivery include integration, deployment, and orbital transfer vehicle solutions for payload delivery beyond low Earth orbit, including to the surface of the Moon, geostationary transfer orbit, and Lagrange points.

Intuitive Machines’ cadence of pioneering lunar exploration and scientific discovery missions, including its upcoming IM-2 and IM-3 missions, along with its capability to deliver commercial assets to orbit, enables commercial companies like SEOPS to provide deployment services. This establishes a new industry offering and expands SEOPS’ ability to provide integration, and deployment services to a wide range of orbital destinations.

“We’ve seen a significant increase in interest from both our government and commercial customers in lunar missions,” said Chad Brinkley, CEO of SEOPS. “Intuitive Machines’ rideshare capacity not only satisfies a growing market need, but it’s completely in our wheelhouse – leveraging our expertise in solving complex launch challenges for our customers. It makes financial sense to take advantage of the excess capacity on Intuitive Machines’ lunar missions, while also supporting our customers’ goals for lunar exploration. We couldn’t be more excited to work with Intuitive Machines to extend our rideshare services to cislunar destinations and beyond.”

“The visions and missions of the space industry are more ambitious than ever,” said Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus. “SEOPS entrusting us with the delivery of its customers’ payloads to space highlights our capabilities to provide the essential infrastructure and services that support all groundbreaking commercial ambitions in space.”

With extensive experience in payload integration, mission management, and deployment solutions, including in-house designed and engineered flight hardware and an orbital transfer vehicle, the SEOPS team collectively brings expertise from more than 400 satellite deployments, including for the U.S. Space Force, NRO, and NASA. Additionally, the company has managed 16 rideshare launches, including SpaceX Transporter and International Space Station cargo rendezvous missions.

About Intuitive Machines 

Intuitive Machines is a diversified space exploration, infrastructure, and services company focused on fundamentally disrupting lunar access economics. In 2024, Intuitive Machines became the first commercial company to land and operate on the lunar surface, validating its ability to provide the three service pillars required to commercialize a celestial body: delivery, data & communications, and autonomous operations in space. The Company empowers its customers to achieve their ambitious visions and commercial goals in space through seamless collaboration with its robust service pillars. For more information, please visit intuitivemachines.com.

About SEOPS

U.S.-owned and operated, SEOPS is a leading provider of rideshare integration and launch solutions for smallsats headed to LEO, cislunar, and beyond. The team brings years of experience and trusted relationships with launch vehicle providers, helping customers expertly execute mission campaigns for education, scientific advancement, and national security needs, including tactically responsive rideshare launch and dynamic 24/7 on-orbit operations. SEOPS’ comprehensive launch services, from capacity procurement to flexible deployment systems, orbital transfer vehicle solutions, mission design and integration services, ensure payloads get on orbit in the most seamless, cost-effective way possible. For more information or to book your next launch, visit seops.space.

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SEOPS Media Contact: 
Jodi Sorensen, on behalf of SEOPS 
jodi@littlecandlemarketing.com
206-856-4202 cell

Intuitive Machines Media Contacts: 
Investor inquiries: investors@intuitivemachines.com
Media inquiries: press@intuitivemachines.com

Forward-Looking Statements about Intuitive Machines

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These statements that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward looking. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “strive,” “would,” “strategy,” “outlook,” the negative of these words or other similar expressions, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements regarding: Intuitive Machines’ expectations and plans relating to future rideshare on future lunar missions. These forward-looking statements reflect Intuitive Machines’ predictions, projections, or expectations based upon currently available information and data.Intuitive Machines’ actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward looking statements. The important factors and uncertainties, detailed under the section titled Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors of Intuitive Machine’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the section titled Part I, Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the section titled Part II. Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in Intuitive Machines’ most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and in Intuitive Machines’ subsequent filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements in this press release.

These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release and current expectations, forecasts, and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks, and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

SmallSat Toolkit & Other Resources 800 450 SEOPS Space

SmallSat Toolkit & Other Resources

SmallSat Toolkit & Other Resources

Our team is excited to be headed to Logan UT in a couple days for the Small Satellite Conference | SmallSat. It’s great to have the industry gathered once again, where we can meet face-to-face with our partners, customers, media and other players in the new space economy. We’ve got a lot of things planned and are looking forward to sharing updates on new hardware solutions, new contract wins, new launches, and new destinations.

Below are links to our SmallSat Toolkit where you can get the latest info:

Making Headlines
Products and Services

Looking for more detailed information about our Products and Services? Check out the website pages, and download information sheets here:

  • Deployment Systems – ↓ PDF
  • Rideshare and Integration – ↓ PDF
  • LaunchLock – ↓ PDF
    Learn about our new Rideshare program that allows you to book a flexible window for Rideshare launches to all destinations, from LEO, GTO, to Lunar orbits.
  • OctoBus OTV – ↓ PDF
Panel Presentation / Side meeting

We’re proud to be sponsoring and moderating a panel presentation on Tuesday August 6th, 3:30-4:30pm, entitled “From Ground Segment to On-Orbit Operations: How U.S. Small Businesses are Supporting Space Superiority.” The location is ECC 205/207. 

This panel discussion focuses on how small businesses are pivotal in ensuring strategic space superiority. Featuring General (Ret) Lance Lord and other industry experts, the discussion will explore the integration of state-of-the-art technologies like the Artificial Thought Engine Networked Architecture (AThENA), developed by OmniTeq, which boosts space operations with real-time analytics for enhanced decision-making and situational awareness. Additionally, the panel will spotlight VirnetX’s revolutionary network platform, providing unparalleled secure communications. This platform hosts AThENA, offering unprecedented end-to-end security and operational efficiency, thoroughly tested under the anomaly-rich conditions at Skinwalker Ranch.

Where are YOU headed? Need a ride during SmallSat – to a party or your hotel?

Jump aboard a SEOPS ‘Rideshare Shuttle Van’ to travel between the Fieldhouse and downtown hotels and parties on Tuesday and Wednesday evening, starting at 5pm and running until 10 pm. 



WANT TO MEET WITH OUR TEAM AT SMALLSAT OR BOOK YOUR NEXT LAUNCH?

Email us at info@seops.space and we’ll make it happen! 

SEOPS Awarded GSA Contract for the Rideshare, Integration and Deployment of Six U.S. Space Force Satellites 800 450 SEOPS Space

SEOPS Awarded GSA Contract for the Rideshare, Integration and Deployment of Six U.S. Space Force Satellites

SEOPS Awarded GSA Contract for the Rideshare, Integration and Deployment of Six U.S. Space Force Satellites

Technical expertise, track record, and cost are key factors for DoD missions

GSA Awards SEOPS Contract

For the Blaze mission, SEOPS will provide comprehensive mission management, integration services as well as deployment systems for the six payloads supporting technology demonstrations, including one Evolved Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA)-class satellite and five CubeSats. Space Systems Command’s Assured Access to Space (AATS) Mission Integration Branch (AAMI) and the Small Launch and Targets Division (AAMX) in support of the DoD Space Test Program (STP) contracted for the commercial rideshare services.

“We’re extremely pleased to be selected to support the launch of SSC’s upcoming Blaze mission,” said Chad Brinkley, CEO of SEOPS. “Our proven track record and expertise in solving complex launch challenges for both commercial and military organizations with our wide range of integration services and hardware products is a significant advantage in securing contracts like this from the DoD. We’re very proud to be their trusted partner on this mission.”

The SEOPS team collectively brings experience from more than 400 satellite deployments, including for the U.S Space Force, NRO, and NASA. Having secured a GSA Contract Schedule in 2022, SEOPS’ submitted its proposal via the GSA eBuy portal, where it was evaluated on multiple criteria, including technical capabilities, schedule, experience, and price.

About SEOPS 

U.S.-owned and operated, SEOPS is a leading provider of rideshare integration and launch solutions for smallsats headed to LEO, cislunar, and beyond. The team brings years of experience and trusted relationships with launch vehicle providers, helping customers expertly execute mission campaigns for education, scientific advancement, and national security needs, including tactically responsive rideshare launch and dynamic 24/7 on-orbit operations. SEOPS’ comprehensive launch services, from capacity procurement to flexible deployment systems, orbital transfer vehicle solutions, mission design and integration services, ensure payloads get on orbit in the most seamless, cost-effective way possible. For more information or to book your next launch, visit seops.space.

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Media Contact: 
Jodi Sorensen, on behalf of SEOPS 
jodi@littlecandlemarketing.com
206-856-4202 cell

Who is Ready for Transporter-11? 800 450 SEOPS Space

Who is Ready for Transporter-11?

Who is Ready for Transporter-11?

We’re excited to support five spacecraft and a hosted payload on SpaceX’s upcoming Transporter-11 Rideshare mission, which is targeted to lift off on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California this summer.
On this mission, we’re supporting the mission management and integration of five government and commercial payloads from three countries – the United States, Italy and Hungary.

In addition, we’re flying our patented ‘soft-ride’ deployment system, Ghost Trap, for the first time. READ MORE about how it reduces vibrations and decreases the stress load, creating a more protected and secure environment, without the need for additional adapters or isolators. We also share how it got its nefarious-sounding name – if you can’t guess.

It’s been a busy integration process, but we couldn’t be more excited to see these organizations get their spacecraft on orbit!

a closer look at the payloads on Transporter-11:

NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-4 (PTD-4) is part of the tech demonstrator series to test new subsystem technologies to increase small spacecraft capabilities. The spacecraft will demonstrate a very high-power, low-volume deployable solar array with an integrated antenna called the Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and anTenna, or LISA-T. PTD-4 is a partnership between NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate’s Small Spacecraft Technology (SST) program (which resides at NASA’s Ames Research Center), NASA’s Launch Services Program, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, and Terran Orbital Corporation.

NASA’s PTD-4 Spacecraft – Credit: Terran Orbital

NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-R (PTD-R) will demonstrate simultaneous ultraviolet and short-wave infrared optical sensing from space for the first time via two 85-mm aperture monolithic telescopes mounted side-by-side, using a new compact custom electronics module and a novel, lightweight, carbon-composite optical housing and radiator. The PTD-R mission also is part of the PTD series of technology demonstration missions funded and managed by NASA’s SST program and in partnership with NASA’s Launch Services Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Terran Orbital Corporation.

NASA’s PTD-R Spacecraft – Credit: Terran Orbital

Train Rapid On-Orbit Payload (TROOP-F2): NearSpace Launch’s TROOP-F2 is a hosted payload program that offers four payloads access to space every six months. It’s designed to provide affordable and rapid turns on research iterations, a consistent opportunity to increase technology readiness level numbers, and a variety of testing pathways. On this mission, TROOP-F2 will beta testing several new cutting-edge technologies.

Matthew Voss, Chief Operation Officer at NearSpace Launch, added, “SEOPS has been a fantastic partner with NearSpace in achieving its goal of launching systems every six months. They are reliable, accommodating, and in every sense a true mission partner.”

Celestis President Colby Youngblood (left) hands off the payload to SEOPS’ Mission Manager Jeff Fitch at Celestis’ headquarters.

In addition, TROOP-F2 carries a hosted payload for Celestis, a memorial and space burial services provider, whose Harmony Flight includes a symbolic portion of the cremated remains or DNA of 62 flight participants as it orbits the Earth – eventually reentering the Earth’s atmosphere as a shooting star, burning up entirely.


Iperdrone: Funded by the Italian Space Agency and developed by an entirely Italian consortium composed by Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali (Prime Contractor), Tyvak International (spacecraft developer and integrator) and Kayser Italia(Ground and Safety), the Iperdrone spacecraft will demonstrate proximity operations for space assets, visual inspection, and a controlled re-entry in a pre-defined corridor. This will be done through critical technologies developed in the frame of the project such as navigation cameras and cold gas propulsion systems.

The Iperdrone Spacecraft

Water Resources in Efficient Networks (WREN-1): From Hungarian space company CS3 LLC, the WREN-1 mission is a real-time decision support system for climate adaptation, drought prevention, and yield forecasting. The satellite features a high-performance camera system that captures multiple pictures of the planet, whereas the ground system incorporates a network of sensors. Both the images taken by WREN-1 and the local data provided by the sensors are fed to mathematical models based on geographical information and artificial intelligence to facilitate the purpose of the mission.

SEOPS was able to accommodate the WREN-1 spacecraft on its manifest, via a partnership with France’s RIDE!, when C3S was forced to change their original launch plans. Gyula Horváth, CEO at C3S LLC, commented, ” SEOPS’ expertise, flexibility, and prompt service have played a pivotal role in the success of our satellite launch initiatives. As we look forward to the next phase of our mission, we remain confident in SEOPS’s capabilities and look forward to continued collaboration!” 

C3S’ WREN-1 Spacecraft

If you would like the power of partnering with SEOPS on your next mission, let us know!
Contact us at info@seopsllc.com

SEOPS at the 2024 Small Sat Conference 800 450 SEOPS Space

SEOPS at the 2024 Small Sat Conference

Join Us At SmallSat 2024!

Our team is headed to Small Satellite Conference in Logan Utah Aug. 5-8, 2024, and we’ve got many exciting opportunities lined up, including a few we can’t fully disclose yet (Hint: We’ll give you a ride so you can get where you need to be. Hanging out with the most experienced rideshare provider has its perks!)

Meet with us: If you’d like to schedule a meeting with our team to talk about your upcoming launch, email us today at info@seopsllc.com and we’ll find a time that works.

Attend our Side Meeting & Panel: We’re sponsoring and moderating a power-packed panel “From Ground Segment to On-Orbit Operations: How US Small Businesses are Enabling Space Superiority.”

Event Dates: Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Location: ECC 205/207
Time: 3:30pm MT
Visit SmallSat Site for details

This panel discussion focuses on how small businesses are pivotal in ensuring strategic space superiority. Featuring General (Ret) Lance Lord, the discussion will explore the integration of state-of-the-art technologies like the Artificial Thought Engine Networked Architecture (AThENA), developed by OmniTeq, which boosts space operations with real-time analytics for enhanced decision-making and situational awareness. Additionally, the panel will spotlight VirnetX’s revolutionary network platform, providing unparalleled secure communications. This platform hosts AThENA, offering unprecedented end-to-end security and operational efficiency, thoroughly tested under the anomaly-rich conditions at Skinwalker Ranch.

Panel:

General Lance Lord, USAF (Ret), Former Commander, Air Force Space Command
Jim Royston, Chief Executive Officer, OmniTeq
Tony Jamison, Chief Technology Officer, OmniTeq
Erik Bard, Principal Scientific Investigator, Skinwalker Ranch
Kendall Larsen, Chief Executive Officer, VirnetX

Moderated by:

Chad Brinkley, Chief Executive Officer, SEOPS

Contact: Chad Brinkley
Email: cbrinkley@seopsllc.com

SEOPS Readies Five Payloads on Upcoming Rideshare Transporter-11 600 338 SEOPS Space

SEOPS Readies Five Payloads on Upcoming Rideshare Transporter-11

SEOPS Readies Five Payloads from Three Countries on Upcoming Transporter-11 Rideshare Mission with SpaceX

Latest mission highlights the rideshare provider’s ability to accommodate last-minute manifest additions and the debut of its new ‘soft-ride’ deployment system.

Houston, TX – June 24, 2024 – SEOPS announced today it has provided the integration and rideshare services for five spacecraft on the Transporter-11 Rideshare mission with SpaceX. The mission is targeted to lift off on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California this summer. A long-time rideshare and integration services provider on International Space Station and Transporter missions, SEOPS provided end-to-end mission services for five government and commercial payloads from three countries, including adding a spacecraft from Hungary to the manifest when its original launch plans fell through at the last minute.

T-11 Patch - Ghost Trap Introduction

This mission also marks the inaugural flight of the company’s patented Ghost Trap deployment system which provides an innovative design for a low vibration, smooth ride. Ideal for sensitive payloads such as those containing sensitive optical sensors or delicate solar arrays, the new system decreases the stress load, creating a more protected and secure environment, without the need for additional adapters or isolators. In turn, the integration process is simplified and faster – a benefit for smallsat operators and launch vehicle providers alike.

“Our years of experience supporting both domestic and international customers on SpaceX’s Transporter Rideshare missions are unparalleled,” said Chad Brinkley, CEO of SEOPS. “The relationship and expertise are particularly valuable when there are last-minute changes, which happens frequently in our industry. We pride ourselves on going the extra mile for our customers, solving their unique launch challenges and Transporter-11 is a prime example of that from both a hardware and services perspective.”

SEOPS provided the rideshare and integration services for the following spacecraft on Transporter-11:

  • Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-4 (PTD-4): Part of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate’s Small Spacecraft Technology (SST) program’s technology demonstrator series to test new subsystem technologies to increase small spacecraft capabilities, PTD-4 will demonstrate a very high-power, low-volume deployable solar array with an integrated antenna called the Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and anTenna, or LISA-T.
  • Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-R (PTD-R): Also part of NASA SST’s PTD series of technology demonstrator missions, the PTD-R mission will demonstrate simultaneous ultraviolet and short-wave infrared optical sensing from space for the first time via two 85-mm aperture monolithic telescopes mounted side-by-side.
  • Iperdrone: Funded by the Italian Space Agency and developed by an entirely Italian consortium composed of Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali, Tyvak International and Kayser Italia, the Iperdrone spacecraft will demonstrate proximity operations for space assets, visual inspection, and a controlled re-entry in a pre-defined corridor. 
  • Train Rapid On-Orbit Payload (TROOP-F2): NearSpace Launch Inc.’s TROOP-F2 is a hosted payload program that offers an affordable and rapid turn on research iterations, a consistent opportunity to increase technology readiness level numbers, and a variety of testing pathways. Additionally, onboard TROOP-F2 is a hosted payload for Celestis, a memorial and space burial services provider, whose Harmony Flight includes a symbolic portion of the cremated remains or DNA of 62 flight participants.
  • Water Resources in Efficient Networks (WREN-1): From Hungarian space company C3S LLC, the WREN-1 mission is a real-time decision support system for climate adaptation, drought prevention, and yield forecasting.

SEOPS was able to accommodate the WREN-1 spacecraft on its manifest, via a partnership with France’s RIDE!, when C3S’s original launch plans collapsed. CEO of C3S Gyula Horváth commented, “The SEOPS team demonstrated remarkable flexibility and professionalism, especially considering the unusual circumstances and timing requirements for our mission. They were steadfast in their support, adapting seamlessly to meet our evolving needs. We’re thankful for their unwavering commitment to ensure WREN-1 gets on orbit on schedule.” 

About SEOPS 

U.S.-owned and operated, SEOPS is a leading provider of rideshare integration and launch solutions for smallsats headed to LEO, cislunar and beyond. The team brings years of experience and trusted relationships with launch vehicle providers, helping customers expertly execute mission campaigns for education, scientific advancement, and national security needs, including tactically responsive rideshare launch and dynamic 24/7 on-orbit operations. SEOPS’ comprehensive launch services, from capacity procurement to flexible deployment systems, OTV solutions, mission design and integration services, ensure payloads get on orbit in the most seamless, cost-effective way possible. For more information or to book your next launch, visit https://seops.space.

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Media Contact: 
Jodi Sorensen, on behalf of SEOPS 
jodi@littlecandlemarketing.com
206-856-4202 cell

Ghost Trap Deployer Debuts 800 450 SEOPS Space

Ghost Trap Deployer Debuts

Who You Gonna Call? SEOPS!

As the most experienced rideshare and launch services provider, SEOPS is constantly iterating and innovating to create rapid and responsive hardware solutions for both our U.S. government and commercial clients.

Our latest innovation is our patented deployment system, Ghost Trap.

Ghost Trap improves upon Slingshot, one of our legacy deployment systems that has been in operation on the ISS, deploying multiple payloads. The deployer was originally created to slide into a small narrow hatch on the Cygnus resupply capsule for the ISS, but we’re happy to bring the benefit of this proven design to the wider market. The narrow configuration required the opening to be on the longer side, similar to a breadbox. However, it ended up having a greater benefit in producing stellar vibe test results.

Ghost Trap brings the payload closer to the launch vehicle interface instead of attaching on the farthest outer surfaces of a bus, offering the “smoothest ride” for the most sensitive payloads, such as those containing sensitive optical sensors or delicate solar arrays. This new approach lessens the stress load and reduces vibrations, creating a more protected and secure environment, without the need for additional adapters or isolators. This makes it a preferred solution for our launch vehicle providers, while making integration easier and faster for our clients.

Just one of the things that makes Ghost Trap special is the configuration of the propellant and the payload. Most other solutions on the market continue to put propellant in the “sweet spot” in the middle of the bus, and relegate payloads to the extreme outside, subject to the harshest environments. This system is the product of an engineering team with more than 80 years combined experience that has successfully deployed more than 400 spacecraft to their intended orbits.

We see many more uses for Ghost Trap, especially as the United States has plans to return to the Moon. There is a wave of lunar missions planned, and many will require a smooth ride and a gentle deployment system. Space Domain Awareness (SDA) beyond LEO and GEO requires a foundation built upon lunar rideshare missions, and SEOPS is ready to help build this infrastructure with solutions such as Ghost Trap. We stand ready to deliver the sensitive payloads that can secure cislunar space for our national interests.

Fun Fact: Ghost Trap was so named due to its resemblance to a certain key piece of hardware from the film “Ghostbusters.”


If you’d like to learn more about Ghost Trap or how you could use it on your next mission, let us know! Contact us at info@seops.com

SEOPS Partners with RIDE! Space 800 450 SEOPS Space

SEOPS Partners with RIDE! Space

SEOPS Partners with RIDE! Space to Offer Reliable Mission Management Services

We are excited to announce that we have signed an agreement with RIDE! to help more smallsat operators – especially those outside of the United States – quickly and reliably procure launch capacity and secure experienced integration and mission support to get their spacecraft safely on orbit.

Already Delivering Results

Weeks after inking the partnership, a leading smallsat provider in Hungary, C3S , needed help when their original launch plans fell through. Using the RIDE! Launch-on-Demand platform to find reliable launch services that best met their pressing needs, Houston-based SEOPS emerged as the top choice to launch the WREN satellite.

SEOPS was able to accommodate this last-minute 6U spacecraft to its manifest during the upcoming Transporter-11 Rideshare mission with SpaceX, which is targeted to launch this summer.

“Our number one priority is taking care of customers’ launch needs, whether that is capacity procurement, mission design, full integration services, hardware systems or orbital vehicles,” said Chad Brinkley, CEO of SEOPS. “RIDE! Space was instrumental in surfacing the time-sensitive situation C3S was in and we couldn’t be more pleased to have them onboard our next mission. Our years of experience supporting our customers on SpaceX’s Transporter Rideshare missions are unparalleled – especially when there is a need to accommodate a last-minute payload. We’re looking forward to working with RIDE! going forward to help more customers like C3S execute their launch plans.”

The C3S WREN (Water Resources in Efficient Networks) mission is a real-time decision support system for climate adaptation, drought prevention, and yield forecasting. The satellite features a high-performance imaging system and incorporates a unique camera system to capture multiple pictures of the planet.

“We are grateful for the invaluable partnership we’ve cultivated with SEOPS,” said Gyula Horváth, CEO at C3S LLC. “Their expertise, flexibility, and prompt service have played a pivotal role in the success of our satellite launch initiatives. We are thankful for their unwavering commitment and dedication to ensuring our satellite reaches its intended orbit.”

SpaceX Transporter-10 600 338 SEOPS Space

SpaceX Transporter-10

SEOPS Sends Customers to Orbit on SpaceX Transporter-10

SpaceX launched a big batch of satellites for a variety of private customers today. The company’s Transporter-10 mission lifted off right on time at 5:05 p.m. ET (2205 GMT) on Monday (March 4) from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

This is just the latest complex mission managed by our experienced team at SEOPS. We’ve been helping customers get to orbit for more than since 2018, and we know how to set our customers up for mission success. There is a lot of behind the scenes work to get each customers’ payloads integrated and ready for launch, and we pride ourselves on a customer-centric approach. It’s not just the integration to the launch vehicle, but we also can help customers with spacecraft design, licensing, provide cleanroom support (to include the brick and mortar), to include providing multiple flight proven deployer products that we designed and built.

“There is no one-size-fits-all approach to smallsat launches,” says Mike Johnson of SEOPS. “We have to be able to assess each payload and each customer separately, and do whatever it takes to make sure they get where they need to be.” From experienced fliers who are just launching the latest smallsat in a constellation, to working with university students launching for the first time, our team’s years of experience with the SpaceX integration and launch processes have helped us become a trusted, and valued leader in rideshare launches.

We’re always impressed by the important missions of our customers, and are happy to facilitate them. Here is a summary of the payloads and missions that were launched on Transporter-10 by SEOPS:

PYXIS with D-SAIL deployed.

PYXIS: Axelspace Corporation’s PYXIS is the first demonstration satellite of AxelLiner, the one-stop microsatellite service. PYXIS will be demonstrating multiple components and sensors for Axelspace. PYXIS is also equipped with a deorbit device called D-SAIL, the Deployable Deorbit Mechanism for microsatellites. Developed as a countermeasure to the growing problem of space debris, this mechanism facilitates the rapid descent of satellites into the atmosphere upon mission completion, leveraging thin atmospheric resistance in orbit.

LaCE payloads: Two 6U payloads for the Navy, the LaCE (Laser Crosslink Experiment) spacecraft will demonstrate a low SWAP optical communications crosslink in LEO (Low Earth Orbit) These were developed by the US Navy’s Naval Information Warfare Command (NIWC) Pacific and sponsored by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

Scout-1: Quantum Space’s Scout-1, on their inaugural Sentry Mission, is the foundational node in their commercial mesh network known as QuantumNet. Scout-1 will be conducting on-orbit space situational awareness data collection while maturing on-orbit processing algorithms and refining their AI/ML technologies.

The Quantum Space Team on Launch Day

Tiger 7 and 8: OQ’s latest smallsats will join their counterparts in providing global NTN connectivity for machines and the internet of things (IoT). These satellites will complete their Batch-1 satellite constellation, comprised of 10 satellites. Both satellites are 6U sized nanosatellites carrying “cell tower” NB-IoT payloads. OQ has been on a fast track to complete Batch-1 to continue to provide global narrowband IoT coverage to many clients and applications. OQ is a front runner globally in offering Low Earth Orbit satellite narrowband communication for machines and the internet of things.

Tiger 7 and Tiger 8 – Ready to Join Their Counterparts.

M3 (Multi-Mode Mission): This satellite designed by the students at Missouri S&T (Science and Technology) was developed as part of NASA’s Undergraduate Student Instrument Project and supported by NASA CSLI program. The cubesat M3 will test an experimental thruster in space. This project showcases the talent, dedication, and ingenuity of the Missouri S and T students and faculty.

Missouri S&T Students Celebrating a Successful Launch.

Congratulations to all our customers on this successful mission! We’re already hard at work on the next one, ensuring the next round of customer payloads get to space so they can continue their important work.

The Dream, Team: Don Simon, Mission Integration and Operations Manager, Jeff Fitch, Mission Integration and Operations Director, Tyler Holden, CEO of Quad-M, Inc., Chad Brinkley, CEO of SEOPS and Michael Johnson, CTO of SEOPS.
SEOPS Awarded the GSA Professional Services Schedule 600 338 SEOPS Space

SEOPS Awarded the GSA Professional Services Schedule

SEOPS Awarded the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Professional Services Schedule

SEOPS, a company specializing in launch and deployment systems that include spacecraft Mission Integration and Operations (MI&O), has been awarded the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Professional Services Schedule. As an awardee, SEOPS is able to provide specialized services to federal agencies at a pre-negotiated fixed rate for assurred access to space.

In line with commercial launch services, SEOPS provides a catalog of turnkey services within the GSA Schedule for CubeSat and MicroSat deployments in Low-Earth Orbit on rideshare opportunities. Other services being provided to federal agencies through our services menu include microgravity research and hosted payloads.

Experienced in over 300 satellite deployments as a collective management team, SEOPS offers services to a number of federal agencies including the U.S Air Force, DARPA, and NASA. With the variety of mission applications, these services are provided through a fleet of deployment systems including the Slingshot, Equalizer, Octobucket and Rifle platforms. Backed by a 100% success rate of deployments and a regular cadence to space, these services cater to a variety of commercial and federal customers.

Due to the thorough vetting process for the consideration of this contract, SEOPS is considered a trusted launch service provider. “We are pleased to add this to our Multiple contract Vehicles. SEOPS Space is proud of our successful past performance that we have achieved since company inception” says COO, Chad Brinkley. This achievement required negotiations resulting in an efficient procurement process to facilitate affordable, reliable, and cost-effective access to space.

Adding GSA to the SEOPS fleet of contracting vehicles, federal agencies can look for our services through the GSA Advantage!® website / eBuy, the online Request for Quotation (RFQ) tool. More information can be found at gsaadvantage.gov, by searching for SEOPS’s GSA Contract number: 47QRAA22D0040

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